Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.74Description
B & W digital scan of North end of Jawbone Canyon Siphon under construction (LA Aqueduct) dropping onto canyon floor. The white tent cabins and double barrack mess hall comprise a portion of the Jawbone Canyon Aqueduct Construction Camp (middle right) Equipment yard with steel pipe sections in lower right. Jawbone Division, LA Aqueduct.
"Work was begun on the Jawbone Siphon in January, 1912, and was completed in March, 1913. The pipe was laid on concrete piers, which are two feet thick and extend one-quarter of the lower circumference of the pipe.Collection
Alex Ross Collection