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Title: Energy for sky-lifting
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1958
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated March 3, 1958 reads "While cement mixer churns in background, this Sikorsky helicopter is being refueled to carry cement into Santa Susana Mountains where Southern California Edison Company is linking Saugus and Chatsworth with 66,000 volt transmission line. Helicopter is performing certain jobs in 20 minutes which normally take up to eight hours in mountainous terrain." See images 00155775 through 00155778 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00155775
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d060_f9_i9
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128866
Subject: Southern California Edison Company
Sikorsky Aircraft (Firm)
Construction workers
Men
Sikorsky helicopters
Choctaw (Military transport helicopter)
Helicopters
Concrete mixers
Cement
Trucks
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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