Artesian Well, Big Pine

Name/Title

Artesian Well, Big Pine

Entry/Object ID

1989.37.3

Description

Artesian well flowing in Big Pine. LADWP may have drilled this well (though not for export down the LA Aqueduct, which was primarily furnished by surface flow). This image gives a clear indication of how high water tables were in the Owens Valley previous to LADWP's major groundwater pumping effort in the 1970s to fill the second barrel of the aqueduct. Machine behind the well may be associated with well drilling. Photo taken looking north toward the White Mountains.

Made/Created

Artist

Mendenhall, Harry W.

Date made

1910 - 1940

Place

City

Big Pine

County

Inyo County

State/Province

California