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PostcardEntry/Object ID
A1135.44Description
Photo postcard showing a Marion 60 steam shovel crew taking a break from their work excavating a ditch for an open, lined section of Los Angeles Aqueduct. The location is in the Olancha Division, which covered the area from Alabama Gates to Haiwee Reservoir.
Information from the L.A. Aqueduct Construction Annual Report, 1908:
"Work should be begun at the earliest possible date which will be about April 1st on the excavation of the conduit from the upper end of the Haiwee Reservoir working northerly. The distance from this point to the southerly end of the Alabama Hills is fifteen miles. While a great deal of this distance is through easy excavation there are a few miles of it crossing the boulder fans of Olancha, Ortega, Walker, Ash, and Cottonwood Creeks where the digging will be somewhat difficult. Progress on this section can scarcely be expected to exceed an average of seventy feet a day. As the distance is about fifteen miles it will probably be necessary to accelerate the speed of this work as in the case of the shovel work in the Alabama Hills by night work or otherwise towards the completion of the project."Collection
Beryl Miller and Grace O'Neal Collection