Subject: Reservoirs--California--Los Angeles County / Subject: Lakes--California--Los Angeles County - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #421 by the City of Los Angeles in 1989.
Date:: February 5, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: Of course, it's Silver Lake Reservoir, looking north toward the mountains. Pretty, huh?
Date:: February 26, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: The body of water shown in the photo is one of the Van Norman Lakes. Known until recently as the Upper San Fernando Reservoir, it is used by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as the main storage place for the precious water from the Owens River, arriving here via a 233-mile aqueduct. It is adjacent to Sepulveda Blvd. in the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley. It and a similar nearby reservoir were renamed in honor of late H.A. Van Norman, once general manager of the Department of Water and Power, who played a leading role in construction of the Owens River Aqueduct.
Date:: April 1, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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