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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