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Zanja water in Pershing Square

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Order Number	00011079
Title	Zanja water in Pershing Square
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Parks-Pershing Square; N-004-429 8x10
Date	Circa 1880
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	This was Zanja number 6 and was built by O. W. Childs, who was the lower of two bidders for the project. In payment he received land from 6th Street to Pico Boulevard and Main Street to Figueroa. The zanja was part of the city's water delivery system from the river.; Former Mayor Cristobal Aguilar signed Pershing Square into being in 1866. At the time, Pershing Square was called La Plaza Abaja ("The Lower Plaza"). However, it was renamed Pershing Square in 1918 in honor of General John J. Pershing. It is bounded by 5th, 6th, Hill and Olive streets.
Description	Zanja (canal) through Central Park.
Subject	Water-supply--California--Los Angeles. Parks--California--Los Angeles. Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
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	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection