View of penstocks and generators on original bases during the reconstruction of the Bureau of Power and Light's Power House #2, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928

Title: View of penstocks and generators on original bases during the reconstruction of the Bureau of Power and Light's Power House #2, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928
Photographer: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Date Created: [circa May 14, 1928]
Date: 1928-05-14
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A dirt road stretches along the bottom edge of the image. Behind it, a large pit sinks into the ground at center. Piles of lumber (center) and metal beams (right) sit in front of it. Scaffolding is visible within the pit. To the far left, the power plant's penstocks sit and extend below the ground. To the right of the pit, the 2 generators sit atop their original bases. Beyond the pit, three small buildings stand in a row at the foot of the canyon wall. To the far right, a sawmill stands. The canyon wall stretches across the background. The water line of the St. Francis Dam disaster's flood waters is visible stretching across the canyon wall.
See also Item Ark: 21198/zz002cw41r
Appears merged with another photograph in the photo spread, “Small Army of Men Work Night and Day To Rebuild Power House No. 2,” Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1928: 8
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: "Site of Power House No. 2 as it Appears Today, Showing Two Generators on Original Bases. Generator ‘A’ Operated Throughout Deluge," Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1928: 8
Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES WATER & POWER DEPT. PLANT #2
Handwritten on negative: St Francis Dam Power Plant #2 reconstruction

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles (Calif.). Bureau of Power and Light
Location: San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Disasters--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Power plants--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Penstocks--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Construction--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Floods--California--San Francisquito Canyon

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5988
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cw43s
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