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Men at the wheels opening Los Angeles Aqueduct at Sylmar Gates
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Mr. and Mrs. La Violette in an automobile in front of the City of Los Angeles Sylmar Substation near Saugus using water from the Owens River Aqueduct.
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Water - Los Angeles Aqueduct - Articles and Pamphlets
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approx. 20 items: collection of material on above topic including some major articles. Among the significant articles with sources and dates: Sunset, 12/1909, "Water for Millions--building the great aqueduct...to supply Los Angeles" ; personal account of Jack Heyser, 1939, "Los Angeles City Fathers go water hunting...the birth of the Owens River Aqueduct" ; American Heritage, 12/1961, "The Water War" ; Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 3/1963, "Myth-making in the Los Angeles Area" ; California Historical Quarterly, "The politics of California water-- Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1900-1927" ; California History, 9/1986, "Picnic at Alabama Gates...the Owens Valley Rebellion, 1904-1927" ; Historical Society of Southern California, Fall 1988, "The Los Angeles Aqueduct -- 1913 -1988, A 75th Anniversary Tribute."
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Crowds gathered at the foot of and along the sides of the runway of the Los Angeles Aqueduct near Newhall, California. there is a concession stand in the lower left corner.
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