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Description:: This photograph is possibly related to a different photograph of the same event that appears with the article, “Aqueduct situation tense as investigators for city find unexploded case of dynamite: WATER GUARDS IN SECRET RIDE no-name canyon now alive with repair crews water soon fill flow into blasted siphon auto numbers may lead to arrest of outlaws,” Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1927: A12
Date:: [circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Workers, seen from a worm's-eye perspective, carry out repairs on a blast-damaged section of an aqueduct pipe. The pipe is viewed close-up, entering frame at left and stretching across the foreground. At center, a ladder is propped up against the near side of the pipe. One worker stands on the ladder and leans over the pipe to carry out repairs. Behind and to the left of him, another man stands atop the pipe. He faces slightly right as he swings the tool he holds behind him. Another man is barely visible along the left edge, also standing on the pipe.
Date:: [circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A set of makeshift tracks in the foreground enters frame from the left and extends across the image towards center. To the right of the tracks sits a pile of wooden planks. Two men carrying a plank of wood approach the pile from behind. Another man stands behind the tracks at left and looks towards the men carrying the plank. A truck bed enters frame behind and to the left of him. In the background, several other workers mill about the site. Another large pile of wooden planks sits on the ground at center and another truck laden with supplies sits at right.
Date:: [circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Possibly related to a similar one of workers repairing an aqueduct pipe captioned, “A Million People Praise Their Labor In the picture above is shown how reconstruction is being hurried in the No Name Canyon Aqueduct conduit, scene of the first of two recent dynamite explosions. Below is a close-up of the conduit, showing the extent of the explosion and the crews at the repairs. [Photographs by George R. Watson, Times staff correspondent],” Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1927: A12
Date:: [circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Possibly related to the articles: “Aqueduct situation tense as investigators for city find unexploded case of dynamite: WATER GUARDS IN SECRET RIDE no-name canyon now alive with repair crews water soon fill flow into blasted siphon auto numbers may lead to arrest of outlaws,” Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1927: A12, and/or, “DYNAMITE GANG SEARCH STARTS: Full Aqueduct Blast Inquiry Promised by Sheriff Ample Water in Reservoirs to Prevent Shortage Repairs on Broken Section of Siphon Rushed Search Begun in Dynamiting Reward of $10,000 Urged for Aqueduct Gang Federal Prosecution of Criminals Planned Chamber Will Co-Operate in Ending Outrages,” Los Angeles Times, 28 May 1927: A1.
Date:: [circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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