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Crews work to fix a damaged section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Crews work to fix a damaged section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Workers make repairs on a damaged section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Workers make repairs on a damaged section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Workers move planks of wood at their worksite near the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Inyo County vicinity, [circa 1927]

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
Workers move planks of wood at their worksite near the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Inyo County vicinity, [circa 1927]