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Order Number
00077899
Title
Gene
Pumping
Plant
on
Colorado
River
Aqueduct
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HH_b036_f5_i4
Date
1977
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;26
x
21
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
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
: "
Like
huge
arms
,
giant
pipes
carry
Colorado
River
water
to
Southern
California
from the
Gene
Pumping
Plant
on the
Colorado
River
Aqueduct
. The
plant
,
second
of
five
on the
system
,
is
located
3
miles
east
of the
Colorado
River
". The
Gene
Pumping
Plant
is
just
south
of
Parker
Dam
and
lifts
the
water
303
feet
.
Photograph
dated
:
June
23
,
1977.
;
Photograph
was
published
again
on
Dec
.
1
,
1985
to
accompany
an
article
on the
reallotment
of
Colorado
River
water
.
Subject
Pumping stations--West (U.S.).
Water-pipes.
Aqueducts--West (U.S.).
Water-supply--California, Southern.
Colorado River Aqueduct.
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
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