Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
A1694.13Description
In a spectacular ceremony on November 5, 1913, the people of the City of Los Angeles dedicated the Los Angeles Owens River Aqueduct as water from the eastern High Sierra began flowing into the city. The Aqueduct was completed in five years at a cost of 24 and a half million dollars and with 5,000 men laboring in summer desert heat and winter cold.
Photo shows water rushing down the cascades with many spectators line both sides of the aqueduct. There is a lunch stand in lower left of photo.
Stamped in black ink on reverse with Dept. of Water & Power stamp and photograph/negative number 63-1287 and/or 44-77.
"At the San Fernando cascade Mulholland found a crowd of some forty thousand exuberant citizens, who had ridden from every point in the Southland by carriage, auto and train, Immediately the ceremony began. The first speaker, a California congressman, opened with a declaration that captured the entire significance of the event: 'We are gathered here today to celebrate the coming of a king--for water in Southern California is king in fact if not in name.'" --from Water Seekers, by Nadeau, pg 50.Collection
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power CollectionMade/Created
Date made
November 5, 1913