Gage Canal measuring box, Riverside, 1931
Item Overview
- Title
- Gage Canal measuring box, Riverside, 1931
- Photographer
- Beckett, S. H. (Samuel Hume), 1883-1937
- Date Created
- November 1931
- Date
- 1931-11
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Harry French Blaney Papers, 1919-1970
Notes
- Description
- The Gage Canal was built between 1885 and 1889 by Matthew Gage to bring water about 12 miles from the Santa Ana River to his desert land claim. Later extended another 8 miles through Citrus Park to its end, it doubled citrus production in Riverside.
- Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: 157.24. Inside of 42" diameter Gage Canal. Measuring box. Neg. 49 [illegible no. crossed out]. Taken by: S. H. Beckett. Date: Nov. 1931.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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Black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Location
- Riverside (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Irrigation canals & flumes--California--Riverside
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002jk33b
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.