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Pamphlet contains a speech by the Honorable Henry Z. Osborne to the House of Representatives on the Los Angeles aqueduct's planning, construction, and results. In addition, he details the outside resistance to the plans and its conclusion....
1920-03-01
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View of Fairmont Dam on western side of Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photograph labeled R4-2.
1912-04-14
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Deteriorated concrete from the Los Angeles Aqueduct that has been since replaced. Concrete came from a cover located in an area west of the Mojave Desert. Photograph labeled R6-3.
1912-04-15
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View of where beams on Los Aqueduct cover have been repaired with patches of cement mortar. Damage is attributed to winds eroding poor concrete. Photograph labeled R5-4.
1912-04-15
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View of rotten concrete damage to the Antelope Valley section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photograph labeled R5-1.
1912-04-15
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Man poses by a small Los Angeles Aqueduct culvert meant for Desert Hill drainage west of Walker's Pass. Photograph labeled R7-4.
1912-04-17
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Damage to Los Angeles Aqueduct where it crosses a creek at Freeman P.O. Photograph labeled R7-5.
1912-04-17
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Northern view of completed Los Angeles Aqueduct from the "first road bridge north of Lone Pine." Photograph labeled R8-1.
1912-04-18
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View of completed Los Angeles Aqueduct from an intake gate near headworks. Lone car sits in far left side of picture. Photograph labeled R8-2.
1912-04-18
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Los Angeles Aqueduct's faulty concrete on the headworks on the Owens River. Photograph labeled R8-6.
1912-04-18
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Northern view of completed Los Angeles Aqueduct from a bridge located between Independence and Citrus, California. Photograph labeled R9-2.
1912-04-18
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Southern view of completed Los Angeles Aqueduct from a bridge located between Independence and Citrus, California. Photograph labeled R9-1.
1912-04-18
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Artesian well near the Los Angeles Aqueduct that is the "best well but has a small flow." In foreground, man sits in a car, and in background are two people. Photograph labeled R9-4.
1912-04-18
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Eastern view of Los Angeles Aqueduct's Haiwee Dam "along middle of fill." In background are two boats. Photograph labeled R11-1.
1912-04-19
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View from reservoir shows the upstream face of the Haiwee Dam, part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photograph labeled R11-5.
1912-04-19
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Western view "along middle of fill" from Haiwee Dam, part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In background are two boats. Photograph labeled R11-3.
1912-04-19
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View of Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Cottonwood Power Plant from a road bridge. Photograph labeled R10-3.
1912-04-19
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View of a siphon pipe on the Soledad Canyon wash, part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photograph labeled R12-6.
1912-04-20
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View of partly re-excavated middle core wall trench of the San Fernando Dam.
1912-04-21
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Scrapbook contains pictures from the surveying expedition of nine public officials and three journalists across the Owens River Valley Project. Back of book contains a typed manuscript with details of their travels.
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In a news article, Dr. Walter Lindley describes his tour of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and his various stops along the way. Engineer William Mulholland is mentioned as giving information to Lindley's tour group on the state of the aqueduct.
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News article reports the successful trip of Dr. Edwin Janss, Robert M. Allen, and Dr. P. Janns from the city of Independence in their Locomobile. Dr. Walter J. Lindley and the former Mayor Henry T. Hazard are mentioned as also driving smoothly in...
1910-11-02
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In an article, Willson details an automobile caravan trip to the city of Bishop. Trip is part of a larger tour of the Owens River Valley to view the Los Angeles Aqueduct. List of tour members is included. Among them, Dr. Walter Lindley and his...
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Full page article with continued column on back narrates entire Owens River Valley trip to view the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Trip comprised of government officials and notable Los Angeles citizens who took multiple cars from Los...
1910-11-06
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