Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.116Description
B & W digital scan of LA Aqueduct Miners and Mucking Cars at Unidentified Tunnel Portal. Note Miner holding Carbide Lamp and Electric Locomotive used to haul Mucking Cars.
"The electric locomotives used for tunnel work were highly satisfactory and efficient machines, manufactured by the Westinghouse and General Electric companies. Up to lengths of haul of half mile, there was not much savings due to the electric locomotive, because of the equipment involved and the cost of operation, not only of the motor, but of the power house." --from LA Aqueduct Construction, Final Report, 1916. pg. 145Collection
Alex Ross Collection