Image / 1905 Santa Clara Municipal Gas and Water Works

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Title: 1905 Santa Clara Municipal Gas and Water Works
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1905
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Santa Clara Municipal Gas and Water Works facilities, which stood at the corner of Benton and the Southern Pacific Railroad. In the center of the photograph is the tower which held four water tanks. This crashed to the ground during the 1906 earthquake.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V350 Photo Scanner as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed into 8-bit, JPEG format and Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 8 x 10 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/507
Language: English
Subject: Buildings
Gas industry
Municipal services
Water tanks
Waterworks
Place: Santa Clara
California
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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