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Grapevine siphon blast

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Order Number	00044531
Title	Grapevine siphon blast
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1071.
Date	1927
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	In a strange, dramatic accident, 16 men slid hundreds of feet inside the Grapevine Canyon siphon of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and escaped death. A man named Johnson slipped, bowled over another man, and so on until the 16 strung along the 45-degree angle pipe fell to the botton in a "human avalanche." The photo-diagram shows how Johnson fell more than 800 feet, nearly twice the height of Los Angeles City Hall. Some of the others fell nearly as far. This, the 9-foot steel siphon at No Name Canyon, was dynamited in an alleged new outbreak of the battle between Owens Valley ranchers and the city water bureau over valley water rights. Photo date: June 2, 1927.
Subject	Water-supply--California. Aqueducts--California. Dynamite--California. Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.). Owens Valley (Calif.). Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection