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Los Angeles Aqueduct Canal. Owens Valley, California
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Description
Identifier
ov020
Title
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
Canal
.
Owens
Valley
,
California
Creator
Black
,
J
.
D
.
(John
David)
,
1893-1960
;
Date Created
1930
Description
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
, to the
west
of
Big
Pine
.
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Background
To
meet
the
need
for
water
of its
growing
population
, the
City
of
Los
Angeles
began
buying
land
and
corresponding
water
rights
in the
Owens
Valley
in
1905
. In
1913
, the
great
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
was
completed
to
bring
Owens
Valley
water
to the
city
.
Perhaps
the
pivotal
figure
in the
Owens
Valley
Water
Controversy
,
William
Mulholland
,
chief
engineer
and
manager
of the
City
of
Los
Angeles
'
Bureau
of
Water
Works
and
Supply
, was
responsible
for the
233
mile
aqueduct
, an
engineering
marvel
still
in
use
today
. This
canal
was
part
of the
aqueduct
system
. A
resident
of
Big
Pine
and
leader
of
resistance
against
Los
Angeles
,
J
.
D
.
Black
(1893-1960)
used
this
photograph
to
document
the
water
management
practices
of the
City
of
Los
Angeles
in the
Owens
Valley
.
Type
image
;
Physical Description
1
photograph
:
b&w
;
7
x
12
cm
Institution
Center
for the
Study
of
Los
Angeles
Research
Collection
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Collection Identifier
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1022nb
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
Public
Domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language
eng
;
Subject (Name)
Los
Angeles
Department
of
Water
and
Power
;
Mulholland
,
William
,
1855-1935
;
Subject (Place)
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
(Calif.)
;
Owens
River
(Calif.)--Water
rights
;
Sierra
Nevada
(Calif
. and
Nev.)
;
Subject (Topic)
Water
rights--California--Owens
Valley
;
Water
rights--California--Los
Angeles
;
Land
use
,
Rural--California--History
;
Canals--California--Owens
Valley
;
Form/Genre
Photographs
;
Metacollection Identifier
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number
J
.
D
.
Black
Papers
,
CSLA-15
,
Series
3
:
Photographs
,
Subseries
B
:
Abandoned
Properties
,
Owens
Valley
,
Box
17
,
Sleeve
8
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