Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.62Description
Photo of a long stretch of siphon. There is a wooden tower or hoist in the lower right corner, and several laborers are standing on top of the siphon, posing for the photo. Location unknown, but it may be an inverted siphon in No Name Canyon or Nine Mile Canyon. This photo was taken at the same place as 2012.16.63.
Written in lower left corner: 2389.
Complete Report on Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1916, page 195: "With the exception of the Antelope Valley, which was a broad sloping plain, where the pipe could be delivered by wagons to the trench, the siphons were erected in mountainous canyons with steep side slopes. A variety of hoists were used for this class of work. In the No-Name and Nine-Mile Canyons, where rather small siphons were built, aerial cableways were erected with hoisting derricks, and the pipe lifted into position by cables. In the larger canyons, such as Jawbone, Pine Canyon and the Soledad, inclined railways were built and circular drum hoists installed at the tops of the siphons. Of the two methods of work the inclined tracks were the more satisfactory, especially for the heavier pipe, but the cableways worked satisfactorily for the lighter pipe."Collection
Albert Ross Collection