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Big Pine Canal. Los Angeles City Illegal Diversion Ditch
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Diversion ditch from Big Pine Canal, most likely illegally cut by City of Los Angeles employees in August 1924. The ditch is now filled in, and the Big Pine Canal (background, lined with brush) was no longer in use a source of irrigation water for...
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Big Pine Canal. Los Angeles City Illegal Diversion Ditch
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Diversion ditch from Big Pine Canal, most likely illegally cut by City of Los Angeles employees in August 1924. The ditch is now filled in, and the Big Pine Canal (background, lined with brush) was no longer in use a source of irrigation water for...
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Canal Bringing Groundwater from Well to Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
One of the canals that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power operated in Owens Valley to bring groundwater pumped from wells to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In left background are power lines or telephone lines. In right background are the...
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City of Los Angeles Water Pipe and Ditch to Transport Water. Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;
Water flowing from pipe into ditch to carry water to Los Angeles Aqueduct. Fence to restrict access to ditch. Title supplied by cataloger.
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City of Los Angeles Well. Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;
Well probably owned and operated by City of Los Angeles, as indicated by wellhead similar to other city wellheads. Unidentified mountain range in background. Barbed wire fence around property. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Letter from J. D. Black to J. C. Claussen
Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Clausen, J. C.; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Big Pine Water Association; Los Angeles (Calif.) Board of Public Service Commissioners; Big Pine Canal (Calif.); Canals; Water rights--California--Owens...
J. D. Black (1893-1960), also known as Jack, was a merchant of Big Pine and Bishop, California. He was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens Valley water controversy. In the 1920s, he served...
J. D. Black Papers

Los Angeles Aqueduct canal in Owens Valley
Canals--California--Owens Valley; Irrigation--California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Plants; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. In 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed to bring Owens Valley water to the city. This canal was part of...
J. D. Black Papers

Los Angeles Aqueduct Canal. Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;
Canal part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system in the Owens Valley operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to bring valley water to Los Angeles. The snow-capped mountains in the right background are most likely the Sierra Nevada,...
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Los Angeles purchasing land on Big Pine Creek
Big Pine Creek (Calif.); Canals; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Real property--Purchasing--United States.
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
J. D. Black Papers

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, eating during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may record either the barbecue held the final day of the occupation (20 November 1924) or else the...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Group of ranchers holding the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photographer's inscription in lower middle of photograph: "Bishop Ranchers in Possession of LA Water Supply Nov. 16-20, 1924." Title supplied by cataloger.
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photographer's inscription on lower right of photograph: "Army of Occupation L. A. Aqueduct." In lower left corner is...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents' occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Occupiers gathered between bridge over aqueduct and shack. Flag flying over shack. Aqueduct still has water, indicating that this photograph was taken during an...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Bishop, California ranchers releasing water from the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may have been taken during the initial stages of the occupation since the water is flowing strongly. Photographer's inscription at...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Parked automobiles of Owens Valley residents (described as "ranchers") during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In right background is spillway of the Gates. Majority of persons occupying the Alabama Gates to the...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Aqueduct in foreground. Bridge over aqueduct. Telephone poles visible. Photographer's inscription on front of photograph:...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Band of musicians in front of Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Children surround musicians. Western star Tom Mix, shooting a movie in the nearby Alabama Hills, supposedly sent a band to the Gates in support of the occupiers. ...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents eating at the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may record either the barbecue held the final day of the occupation (20 November 1924) or else the meals that wives of the occupiers served. The low...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
If I am not on the JOB, You can find me at the AQUEDUCT was the rallying cry for the people of Bishop, California, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The slogan was posted in Bishop to inform persons where the...
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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Bridge over canal. Shack by bridge. Photographer's inscription in lower left corner: "Army of Occupation L. A. Aqueduct." ...
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