Verdugo Wash, site of one of three major flood control projects begun by the United States Army. Other projects are Compton and Ballona creeks. Project supervisors planned to give an official presentation of the plans to President Roosevelt in hopes of securing the $7,000,000-$8,000,000 needed for all three projects.
This photograph appears with the article, "Check Dams Give Safety: Glendale Dedicates Barriers Against Floods Build by C. C. C. Workers," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1935: A5.