Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.246Description
B & W digital scan of Aqueduct Laborers at bottom of Trench excavated by Steam or Electric Shovel on LA Aqueduct Project. "In the desert soil the steam and electric shovels operated at the same cost of about 10 cents per cubic yard excavated." -- from LA Aqueduct Construction, Final Report, 1916Collection
Alex Ross Collection