Watts Towers, surrounded by scaffolding, undergoes pressure testing as people watch in Los Angeles, Calif., 1959

Item Overview

Title: Watts Towers, surrounded by scaffolding, undergoes pressure testing as people watch in Los Angeles, Calif., 1959
Date Created: October 11, 1959
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Notes

Caption: TEST OF STRENGTH--Controversial Watts Towers, build over a 30-year period, are subjected to a pressure test by city engineers to determine of they are a hazard. The towers proved their strength.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 5 x 5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Subjects: Landmarks
Structural stability
Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Conservation and restoration
Spectators--California--Los Angeles County
Location: Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Longitude: 33.938671
Latitude: -118.241075
Resource type: still image

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclalat_1429_b403_1193559
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002qt1p
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