Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.253Description
B & W digital scan of Unlined Canal Construction in Owens Valley, Dipper Dredge operated by Electric power generated by Division Creek Power Plant. Among crew pictured atop dredge is Russ Spainhower, Lone Pine old-timer.
"The excavation was done by floating dredges. Dredge 1 worked south from Black Rock Springs until it struck a heavy like or travertine deposit opposite Sawmill Creek. A dipper dredge was used to complete this section. It proved so efficient in its operation that it was decided to complete the canal with this dredge." -- from LA Aqueduct Construction, Final Report, 1916 pg. 159Collection
Alex Ross Collection