Color: Black; White
"The Story of the Los Angeles Water Supply," issued by the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply, 1925. The front cover has the title and a photograph of a dam within a simple border. On the back cover is an advertisement from an engine building company. Contents include an essay on the water supply system from Chief Mechanical Engineer Fred J. Fischer; shorter descriptions of pumping stations at Manhattan Beach, Lomita, and Lankershim, with photographs of each; a map of the pumping stations in the city service area; and an essay on "The Men Who Built The System," namely Fischer and William Mulholland, with photographs of the two men. With light creases; a dent in the top right corner; light soiling; minor yellowing; slight mustiness; tarnish from removed spine staples; and stains from these staples, the overall condition is good.
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