Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.275Description
B & W digital scan of LADWP Locomotive carrying Limestone from its Quarries to ithe city-owned and operated Cement Plant at Monolith. "The city owns three limestone properties; The Cuddeback Ledge, three miles west of the mill, the North Quarry on a tract of 640 acres and the South Quarry on a tract of 120 acres six miles southwest of the mill. In addition to limestone "clay was obtained from the bed of a shallow lake of 320 acres adjoining the mill....." --from LA Aqueduct Construction, Final Report, 1916 pg. 98Collection
Alex Ross Collection