Sign warns people to vacate the area due to landslide danger near the Figueroa St. tunnel. The landslide occurred in Elysian Park in November 1937. It began as a small crack on Buena Vista Peak and continued to widen until the landslide dumped millions of tons of loose rock and dirt down the slope and on to Riverside Drive.
Sign warns people to vacate the area due to landslide danger near the Figueroa St. tunnel. The landslide occurred in Elysian Park in November 1937. It began as a small crack on Buena Vista Peak and continued to widen until the landslide dumped millions of tons of loose rock and dirt down the slope and on to Riverside Drive.
Metropolitan Water District workman pours the last batch of concrete for the completion of a water tunnel. The tunnel was part of a distributing system that brought Colorado River water to Los Angeles and surrounding communities.
Metropolitan Water District workmen celebrate the completion of a water tunnel. The tunnel was part of a distributing system that brought Colorado River water to Los Angeles and surrounding communities.
Photo appears with the article "To open bore by next April: Second-Street Tunnel Work Progressing Rapidly; Pouring of Cement for Tube Already Under Way; Most Modern Machinery Will Be Installed Soon. It Will be a Hole Through Hill by Spring," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1921: II1.
Photograph of the north end of the fourth and southernmost Figueora Street Tunnel while under construction. A truck is backed up to a mound of dirt that is leading up to the tunnel. Workers stand throughout. Scaffolding is present on both sides of the roadway as well as in the entrance of the tunnel.
Photograph taken inside of one of the 2 drift tunnels used during the construction of the southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels. Two me stand on a car on tracks for an electric tram used for removal of sandstone are on the right and the tunnel is reinforced with thick wooden beams.
Photograph of the southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels under construction, showing the south end with two drift tunnels with an electric tram for removal of sandstone running out of the one on the right. Two men are in a tram car with two men crouching near the car on the right. Four men climb five ladders that are set against the cliff between the tunnels. Lumber is stacked on the left, there are saw horses in front of the ladders and, perhaps, steel rods on the right.
The Figueroa Street Tunnels are a set of four four-lane tunnels that carry northbound traffic on State Route 110 (the Arroyo Seco Parkway) through Elysian Park in Los Angeles. The north three tunnels opened in 1931. The southernmost opened in 1935.
ANSWER: Naturally, it is the Pasadena Freeway as it zips through Elysian Park. Photo was made from the Park Row Drive overpass, looking south high above the inbound lanes. Obvious postscript: It was NOT made during the rush hour.
This is a bird's-eye view from the top of the Court Hill, above the Hill St. Tunnel, looking down Hill St. towards 1st St. The tunnel was one of several built in the early twentieth century in order to connect LA's historic Downtown to the suburbs in the west through the palisade of hills separating them. At the foreground of the image, we can see park benches placed strategically for people to enjoy the view. We see streetcar tracks emerging out of the tunnels blending into the busy streets in the background. To the left, we can see the board to a Hotel La Crosse, and to the right, there are two boards, with the signs, "Starting Sat. Mar. 24 Charles Chaplin" and, "Mar. 26 Kolb & Dill Now and Then" partly obscured by a pole. The negative is slightly damaged at the top center.
Photograph of two workers in the fourth Figueroa Street Tunnel during its construction. They are in the main tunnel which is lined with curved steel girders holding up thick wooden beams. A third man is partially visible on the left.
Photograph of the southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels under construction showing two drift tunnels with stacks of construction supplies in front of them. This is the north end of the tunnel. A Steam shovel is parked on the left and wooden houses at the bottom and top of the hill are visible on the right.
View from the completed third Figueroa Street Tunnel towards the fourth tunnel, under construction, in the distance. The Arroyo Parkway has been paved up to the 3rd tunnel and 2 drift tunnels, used for construction, are visible with an automobile in between them. There is a person on a bicycle on the right and a man walking on the left.