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Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
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Identifier
ov061
Title
Occupation
of the
Alabama
Gates
,
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
,
Owens
Valley
,
California
Creator
Detrick
Studio
(Bishop
,
Calif.)
;
Date Created
1924
Description
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
water
in the
spllway
indicates
that the
picture
was
shot
towards
the
end
of the
occupation
.
Writing
on
canal
wall
: "
Please
don't
throw
trash
in the
AQUEDUCT.
"
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
. In
1923
, the
City
of
Los
Angeles
began
acquiring
more
land
in the
Owens
Valley
to
gain
further
sources
of
water
. To
protest
the
failure
of
Los
Angeles
to
address
their
grievances
,
Owens
Valley
farmers
and
ranchers
,
under
the
leadership
of
Bishop
,
California
banker
Mark
Watterson
,
seized
the
Alabama
Gates
, on
16
November
1924
. The
Gates
divert
water
to a
spillway
allowing
water
to
flow
to the
Owens
River
,
which
leads
to the
now
dry
Owens
Lake
.
During
the
occupation
water
was
let
from the
aqueduct
into the
old
Owens
River
bed
, at that
time
dry
(it
has
now
been
partially
restored)
.
After
townspeople
from
Bishop
joined
the
occupation
, the
number
of
occupiers
reached
seven
hundred
.
It
lasted
until
20
November
, and
brought
both
national
and
international
press
coverage
to the
plight
of the
Owens
Valley
residents
. The
occupation
and
resulting
favorable
publicity
did
nothing
to
halt
the
City
of
Los
Angeles
'
continued
acquisition
and
subsequent
control
of
land
in the
valley
. The
famous
Alabama
Hills
, the
site
of
many
a
western
movie
, are in the
background
.
Type
image
;
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
b&w
;
9
x
14
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
;
Subject (Place)
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
(Calif.)
;
Owens
Valley
(Calif.)
;
Owens
River
(Calif.)--Water
rights
;
Bishop
(Calif.)
;
Eating
and
drinking
Subject (Topic)
Water
rights--California--Owens
Valley
;
Water
rights--California--Los
Angeles
;
Canals--California--Owens
Valley
;
Protest
movements--California--Owens
Valley
;
Form/Genre
Photographs
;
Postcards
;
Metacollection Identifier
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number
J
.
D
.
Black
Papers
,
CSLA-15
,
Series
3
:
Photographs
,
Subseries
A:
Photographic
Postcards
,
Box
16
,
Sleeve
12
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