Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
A1694.1Description
Jawbone Siphon, looking south with the construction camps on left. Rail cars hauled each section of pipe into place. Pipe varied in size from 7 1/2 feet to 10 feet. Siphons of this type comprised 12 miles of the aqueducts total length.
Written in lower left corner of photo is "2784."
"Headquarters for the Jawbone Division was Cinco, a railroad supply station fairly roaring with activity. In and out of spur tracks freight cars were shunted day and night. It was a canvas town of innumerable tents--barracks, mess halls, stores, blacksmith shops. From this bustling center long lines of mule teams hauled machinery and supplies to outlying construction camps along the conduit." --from Water Seekers, pg. 38
Stamped in black ink on reverse with the Dept. of Water & Power stamp and photograph/negative number (it's illegible, but should be 2884).
Written in red ink on reverse: Sec. I - No. 7 - Page 67.Collection
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power CollectionMade/Created
Artist
LADWP Photographic SectionDate made
1908 - 1913