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Description:: Cloud of dust and debris cascading down San Gabriel Canyon wall after explosion during construction of San Gabriel Dam. Reported in "GIGANTIC BLAST AIDS DAM WORK: Ninety Tons of Powder Used at San Gabriel Side of Canyon Seems Molten Before Explosive Engineering Feat Figured to Exact Result," Los Angeles Times, 27 June 1929: A10.
Date:: June 26, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in "GIGANTIC BLAST AIDS DAM WORK: Ninety Tons of Powder Used at San Gabriel Side of Canyon Seems Molten Before Explosive Engineering Feat Figured to Exact Result," Los Angeles Times, 27 June 1929: A10.
Date:: June 26, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in "GIGANTIC BLAST AIDS DAM WORK: Ninety Tons of Powder Used at San Gabriel Side of Canyon Seems Molten Before Explosive Engineering Feat Figured to Exact Result," Los Angeles Times, 27 June 1929: A10.
Date:: June 26, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of the San Gabriel Canyon wall before explosion for the excavation of the San Gabriel Dam. Related "Gigantic Blast Aids Dam Work: Ninety Tons of Powder Used at San Gabriel Side of Canyon Seems Molten Before Explosive Engineering Feat Figured to Exact Result," Los Angeles Times, 27 June 1929: A10.
Date:: June 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photo appears with article "Flood Control Project Inspected: FIRST CONCRETE POURED IN PACOIMA DAM County Supervisors Pull Lever Sending Initial Batch of Mixture to Base of Structure That Will Rise in Year to 395-Foot Height," Los Angeles Times, 06 Aug 1926: A1.
Date:: [circa August 6, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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