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Description:: Two damaged aqueduct pipes are viewed close-up and enter frame from the lower right corner. They extend towards the left as they lie across a rock bed and hillside. The rock-strewn hillside extends upward towards center. Behind and to the right of the pipes, water cascades down the hillside, emanating from a broken pipe near the top edge, left-of-center.
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

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank crash case before court," Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 1927: A1.
Date:: [September 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to the article, "Shift in judges made for Wattersons' trial," Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 1927: A1.
Date:: [September 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Possibly related to a similar image of a damaged aqueduct pipe viewed from a different angle captioned, "Views in Owens River Valley Above—The power plant, X showing where second explosion took place. Center—The blown out section of pipe. Below—No Name Canyon, scene of Friday’s dynamiting," Los Angeles Times, 29 May 1927: 2
Date:: [circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: This photograph is possibly related to a different photograph of the same damaged Los Angeles Aqueduct pipe that appears with the article, “POLICE READY TO RUSH NORTH: Armed Men Prepared for New Aqueduct Trouble Investigation by Grand Jury May Be Requested State Senator Swing Offers Aid to End Feud Clew Found in Siphon Blast Detectives on Trail of City Aqueduct Dynamiters Repairs Rushed on Break in No-Name Canyon Water Department Brands Outrages as ‘Outlawry,’” Los Angeles Time, 30 May 1927: A1
Date:: [circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Aqueduct pipe with several bends and damaged sections, partly supported on concrete braces, with two men inspecting damaged at center right, in rocky area with hillside with shrubs and shack or mining adit in background
Date:: [1924-1931?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Elton Baker wearing a button up collar shirt and sweater. The Bakers were one of the Owen's Valley oldest pioneer families. This image is related to dynamiting activity in the Owens valley, 1924 to 1927. Water, needed by farmers, was being diverted from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. In response, Owens Valley locals dynamited sections of the aqueduct.
Date:: [between 1924-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: District attorney of Inyo County Jess Hession seated at a desk with two other lawyers standing behind him. There are open books and documents on the disk. Behind them is a bookcase. This image is related to dynamiting activity in the Owens valley, 1924 to 1927. Water, needed by farmers, was being diverted from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. In response, Owens Valley locals dynamited sections of the aqueduct.
Date:: [between 1924-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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