- Title
- City of Los Angeles Well. Owens Valley, California
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- Creator
- Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960
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- Description
- 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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- Names
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935
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- Format Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
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- Subject
- Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Groundwater--California--Owens Valley; Canals--California--Owens Valley; Wellheads--California--Owens Valley; Barbed wire; Fences--California--Owens Valley
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- Note
- 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. Wells such as this operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power were a major grievance for Owens Valley ranchers and farmers, for the City of Los Angeles' pumping of groundwater lowered the watertable, hampering use of water for agriculture by locals. 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 17, Sleeve 7
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- Type Value
- ["Photographs"]
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- Language
- eng
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