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Know Your City No.108 Spillway of Hansen Dam (Calif.)

Description:: ANSWER: Yep, it's the spillway of Hansen Dam. (Didn't you notice those foothill peaks peeking through the opening?) And sure, it's racy. They have outboard motorboat races on the lake behind it and sports car races on a track directly below it.
Date:: March 4, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.108 Spillway of Hansen Dam (Calif.)

View of the inside of a construction tunnel at the San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1920s

Description:: View of the inside of a construction tunnel for the San Gabriel Dam. Inside of the tunnel is a man pushing a wheelbarrow. The dam was completed in 1939. Related article, "Geologists and Engineers Burrowing in Canyon Walls in Interest of Safety for San Gabriel Dam," Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 1929: A1.
Date:: 1920-1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

View of the inside of a construction tunnel at the San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1920s

Henry W. Wright helps pour concrete at Pacoima Dam, Los Angeles County, 1926

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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Henry W. Wright helps pour concrete at Pacoima Dam, Los Angeles County, 1926

Know Your City No.137 Sepulveda Dam and a portion of the Sepulveda Flood Control Basin, Calif.

Description:: ANSWER: What the photo shows is Sepulveda Dam and a portion of the huge Sepulveda Flood Control Basin. It is situated just west of Sepulveda blvd. and extends between Magnolia and Victory Blvds. In the general vicinity of Van Nuys.
Date:: April 3, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Know Your City No.137 Sepulveda Dam and a portion of the Sepulveda Flood Control Basin, Calif.