Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.256Description
B & W digital scan of excavation by Aqueduct Steam Shovel that, in time, will become the Open Lined Section of LA Aqueduct, location north of Olancha. Olancha Peak may be snow-covered peak in distance. "The ancient beach line of Owens Lake is closely followed by the constructed ditch. The lake, at the time this beach line was formed stood at an elevation of 3,790 feet or 220 feet above the present lake level. Although this was advantageous to the construction in providing an ample supply of clean, well-graded beach gravels for concrete, in close proximity to the work, it operated against it in that the excavation was carried through the detrital fans of the tributary canyons. --from LA Aqueduct Construction, Final Report, 1916 pg 151Collection
Alex Ross Collection