Text from newspaper caption for another image of the Norwalk bridge during this storm: Valiant effforts to save the Norwalk bridge over the San Gabriel from the rampaging waters were being made late yesterday. Photo shows a truck employed in removing debris obstructing channel. (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: A3]
Text from newspaper caption for another image of the bridge: The Glendale bridge on Glendale Boulevard went out just before noon yesterday, cutting a main traffic artery. Photo taken from west end of break (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times 17 Feb. 1927: A3].
View of what appears to be a fallen bridge with wooden railings over the Los Angeles River during or after a violent rain storm. A group of men wearing high boots is next to the bridge.
View of the churning Los Angeles River and the wooden railing of a bridge in Compton during rainstorm flooding. Trees and a tower for electric lines are visible on the shore.
ANSWER: Yep, it's the Los Angeles River, all right--Looking north beneath the 7th St. Bridge toward the 6th St. Bridge. That shiny stuff in the picture, incidentally, is water.