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Order Number	00077907
Title	It's the water
Photographer	Musgrove, Dean.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b036_f5_i13
Date	1988
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;31 x 28 cm.
Historical Data	The Colorado River Aqueduct begins at the Parker Dam southeast of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and terminates at Lake Mathews in western Riverside County, Calif. It was constructed between 1933-1941 by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Conceived by William Mulholland and designed by Frank E. Weymouth, it was the largest public works project in southern California during the Great Depression. The project employed 30,000 people over an eight-year period and as many as 10,000 at one time.
Description	Photograph caption reads: "Colorado River aqueduct provides liquid lifeline to farmers in the Imperial Valley". Photograph dated: Oct. 18, 1988.; Aerial view of the Colorado River Aqueduct as it wends its way through the desert like a broken dotted line.
Subject	Aqueducts--West (U.S.)--Aerial views. Water-supply--California, Southern. Colorado River Aqueduct--Aerial views. Aerial photographs. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Mulholland, William,1855-1935. Weymouth, F. E.(Frank Elwin),1874-1941.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
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