- Title
- Owens valley water well and cement pipes
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- Date
- 1939
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- Description
- View of a wellhead and cement pipes fenced behind barbed wire. Inscription by J. D. Black on the back of photograph: "Cement pipes through which water pumped from well is led directly to canal."
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- Format Extent
- 1 black-and-white photograph; 7 x 12 cm
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- Subject
- Wellheads; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Water-pipes; Barbed wire; Water-supply--California--Management; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Photographs
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- Note
- Well was probably owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles to pump groundwater into ditches that bring water to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 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. Wells such as this operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power were a major grievance for Owens Valley ranchers and farmers. A resident of Big Pine and leader of resistance against Los Angeles, J. D. Black (1893-1960) used photographs like these to document the water management practices of the City of Los Angeles in the Owens Valley.
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- Collection
- J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3. Photographs; Box No. 17; Folder No. 31
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- Type Value
- ["Photographs"]
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- Keywords
- ["Los Angeles Aqueduct","LA Aqueduct","Aqueduct"]
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