Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.194Description
B & W digital scan of LADWP's Olancha Division Headquarters, LA Aqueduct Construction Project, Lone Pine. Location possibly between Whitney Portal Road and Tuttle Creek Rd. Residences are quite substantial and are likely Engineers Housing. "Four-room dwellings were erected for the Division Engineers, who paid a monthly rnet to the City sufficient to return the investment. These dwellings each cost from $600.00 to $900.00 depending upon the location and cost of hauling the material." from LA Aqueduct Construction, Final Report, 1916, pg. 89. Mt Whitney near upper center of image.Collection
Alex Ross Collection