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Blast-damaged Los Angeles Aqueduct pipes lie on a hillside in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Blast-damaged Los Angeles Aqueduct pipes lie on a hillside in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Blown-out section of pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Description:
This photograph is very similar to another one of a damaged aqueduct pipe 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
Blown-out section of pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Close-up of a blast-damaged section of pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Description:
A mangled section of pipe is viewed close-up as it sits in the foreground at right. Beside it, a length of pipe enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. A hillside rises across the background. Along its left side, an intact stretch of the water conduit rises up the hillside. To the right of the pipe, a tunnel entrance is inset into the hillside at center.
Date:
[circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Close-up of a blast-damaged section of pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Close-up view of a blast-hole in a Los Angeles Aqueduct feeder pipe, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Description:
A segment of aqueduct pipe stretches across the top of the image and is viewed close-up. At center, a large blast-hole sits at the bottom of the pipe. Shards from the hole protrude up and are barely visible in the shadows. A triangular patch of light streams between the shards and through another blast hole on the other side of the pipe. A small trickle of water flows out from the pipe, just left-of-center. Along the bottom third of the image, rock-covered terrain occupies the background.
Date:
[circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Close-up view of a blast-hole in a Los Angeles Aqueduct feeder pipe, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Close-up view of a damaged Los Angeles Aqueduct feeder pipe, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

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
Close-up view of a damaged Los Angeles Aqueduct feeder pipe, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Close-up view of a large section of dynamited pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

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
Close-up view of a large section of dynamited pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

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]

Damaged Los Angeles Aqueduct pipes lie on a hillside in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Description:
Two damaged aqueduct pipes enter frame from the lower right corner and stretch towards center as they lie across a hillside. The rock-strewn hillside extends upward on a slight angle to the left. To the right of the pipes, water cascades down the hillside, emanating from a broken pipe near the upper left corner. A car in partial view is visible along the bottom edge near the lower left corner.
Date:
[circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Damaged Los Angeles Aqueduct pipes lie on a hillside in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Damaged section of dynamited pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Description:
An aqueduct pipe in the mid-ground enters frame from the right and stretches across the image, towards a hillside at left. Concrete feet elevate the pipe above the ground. It stops at the base of the hillside where a section of crumpled and twisted metal pipe sits. The damaged section of pipe stretches towards camera and out-of-frame at left. The hillside slopes upwards to the left. Rubble and rocks are strewn across the ground surrounding the pipes.
Date:
[circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Damaged section of dynamited pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Flooded area near Los Angeles aqueduct, [1924-1931?]

Description:
The Los Angeles aqueduct was bombed or otherwise vandalized in at least 10 incidents from 1924 to 1931. Cf. (1) Los Angeles Times article, 20 June 1927, “City Aqueduct Again Blasted, Dynamite Tears Out Sixteen-Foot Section, Fourth Recent Outrage Done During Night Hours, Explosion Occurs Two Miles South of Lone Pine.” The article states: “A heavy charge of dynamite exploded in the fourth attempt within the past month … shattered a sixteen-foot panel of waterway at the Puddle Creek Delta, two miles southwest of Lone Pine … Other outrages. Previous acts of violence against the Aqueduct are as follows: On the 5th inst., the side walls of a large open concrete conduit at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon were wrecked by a charge of dynamite … May 28, 1927: Approximately 300 feet of the Aqueduct system was blown out at Big Pine … May 27, 1927: … a charge of explosive in No Name Canyon destroying about 450 feet of iron pipe … May 14, 1926: A ten-foot hole was torn out of the concrete Aqueduct by dynamite … about one mile south of the spillway in the Alabama Hills. November 24, 1924: A mob of men … opened the Alabama control gates … between Independence and Lone Pine … May 21, 1924: A heavy charge of dynamite was set off against an open portion of the Aqueduct at a point two miles north of Lone Pine. … No actual damage …” Cf. (2) Los Angeles Times article, 17 July 1927, “Blasts Peril Owens Mills, New Aqueduct Dynamitings Bring Contingency, Lake Level May Tie Up Chemical Plants, Large Repair Crews Rush Reconstruction Work.” The article states: “… two dynamite blasts … early yesterday wrecked the Aqueduct … The latest explosions occurred at Thebaut gate, eight miles north of Independence, and at Tuttle Creek south of Lone Pine. …” Cf. (3) Los Angeles Times article, 3 Nov. 1931, “Officers Trail Aqueduct Dynamiting Suspects, One of Pair Sought Here as Blast Rips Grapevine Siphon; No Water Shortage.” The article states: “Two men were being sought last night for complicity in the explosion of a terrific charge of dynamite which … tore out a section of the grapevine siphon on the Los Angeles Aqueduct, about fifty miles north of Mojave. …”
Date:
[1924-1931?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flooded area near Los Angeles aqueduct, [1924-1931?]

Investigators inspect the area around a large section of dynamited pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Description:
A large section of dynamited pipe spans the width of the image in the foreground and stretches back towards center. It appears to be collapsed and bent. Beyond the pipe, several men stroll around the brush-covered terrain that surrounds the damaged section of pipe. The men appear to be investigating the area. Two cars are parked amongst them, left-of-center.
Date:
[circa May, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Investigators inspect the area around a large section of dynamited pipe along the Los Angeles Aqueduct in No-Name Canyon, Inyo County vicinity, [about 1927]

Los Angeles Aqueduct approaching the mountains, Independence vicinity, about 1915

Description:
Photograph looking at the Los Angeles Aqueduct and surrounding mountains near Independence. The aqueduct stretches from the bottom edge of the image and tapers towards the horizon. As it approaches the mountains in the distance, it curves to the left and disappears from view. Piles of rocks line both sides of the aqueduct.
Date:
[circa 1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Los Angeles Aqueduct approaching the mountains, Independence vicinity, about 1915

Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]

Description:
The Los Angeles aqueduct was bombed or otherwise vandalized in at least 10 incidents from 1924 to 1931. Cf. (1) Los Angeles Times article, 20 June 1927, “City Aqueduct Again Blasted, Dynamite Tears Out Sixteen-Foot Section, Fourth Recent Outrage Done During Night Hours, Explosion Occurs Two Miles South of Lone Pine.” The article states: “A heavy charge of dynamite exploded in the fourth attempt within the past month … shattered a sixteen-foot panel of waterway at the Puddle Creek Delta, two miles southwest of Lone Pine … Other outrages. Previous acts of violence against the Aqueduct are as follows: On the 5th inst., the side walls of a large open concrete conduit at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon were wrecked by a charge of dynamite … May 28, 1927: Approximately 300 feet of the Aqueduct system was blown out at Big Pine … May 27, 1927: … a charge of explosive in No Name Canyon destroying about 450 feet of iron pipe … May 14, 1926: A ten-foot hole was torn out of the concrete Aqueduct by dynamite … about one mile south of the spillway in the Alabama Hills. November 24, 1924: A mob of men … opened the Alabama control gates … between Independence and Lone Pine … May 21, 1924: A heavy charge of dynamite was set off against an open portion of the Aqueduct at a point two miles north of Lone Pine. … No actual damage …” Cf. (2) Los Angeles Times article, 17 July 1927, “Blasts Peril Owens Mills, New Aqueduct Dynamitings Bring Contingency, Lake Level May Tie Up Chemical Plants, Large Repair Crews Rush Reconstruction Work.” The article states: “… two dynamite blasts … early yesterday wrecked the Aqueduct … The latest explosions occurred at Thebaut gate, eight miles north of Independence, and at Tuttle Creek south of Lone Pine. …” Cf. (3) Los Angeles Times article, 3 Nov. 1931, “Officers Trail Aqueduct Dynamiting Suspects, One of Pair Sought Here as Blast Rips Grapevine Siphon; No Water Shortage.” The article states: “Two men were being sought last night for complicity in the explosion of a terrific charge of dynamite which … tore out a section of the grapevine siphon on the Los Angeles Aqueduct, about fifty miles north of Mojave. …”
Date:
[1924-1931?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles aqueduct, damaged section of channel, Inyo County, [1924-1931?]