Los Angeles Aqueduct

Owens Valley's - Los Angeles Aqueduct

Unless otherwise note, All L.A. aqueduct photographs on these pages are from the Joseph Barlow Lippincott Papers, LIPP, The Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Berkeley unless otherwise noted.

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Owens Lake looking east from Olancha in 1906
Photo courtesy of the water Resources Center Archives, Orbach Science Library, University of California, Riverside, CA,

Photo courtesy of the water Resources Center Archives, Orbach Science Library, University of California, Riverside, CA, unless otherwise noted. All photos circa 1908
Building the El Camino Sierra in Owens Valley near Olancha - Owens Lake off to the right - 1908
Steam shovel in operation at the Olancha division - 1912	Olancha Division near Station 11450, on the earthquake fault line - 1912
Conduit excavation Olancha division - 1909	Excavation of the Olancha canal section - 1909
Olancha Division near Station 11450, on the earthquake fault line - 1912	Conduit excavation Olancha division - 1909
Finished conduit in Olancha Division - 1912	Open canal at Olancha
Finished aqueduct canal in Olancha Divsion - 1912	Finished aqueduct canal in Olancha Division - 1913
Finished aqueduct canal in Olancha Divsion - 1912	Aqueduct canal near Olancha - Owens Lake in the background
Aqueduct canal near Olancha	Los Angeles aqueduct, Olancha Division - 1912
Watching water flow through the Los Angeles aqueduct	Aqueduct workers preparing to line the aqueduct with concrete - 1911
Olancha Creek crossing at the Los Angeles Aqueduct - 1911	Southern Pacific Railroad crossing the Los Angeles Aqueduct near Olancha - 1913
Steam shovel #11 crew in operation at Olancha - 1911	Aqueduct personnel headquarters at Keeler - 1908
Furnace and mill of the Inyo Development Company in Keeler, CA - circa 1912	Aqueduct pipe section - built by Treadwell Construction Co., Midland
Inyo Development Company's soda operations at Keeler - 1912
Aqueduct construction near Olancha	Aqueduct construction near Olancha
Open, lined section of the aqueduct in Owens Valley - 1908

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Aqueduct Construction Photos
Stoddard Dayton at Haiwee in Owens Valley - 1907	L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.
L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.	L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.
L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.	L.A. Aqueduct workers in Owens Valley
L.A. Aqueduct construction work in Owens Valley	L.A. Aqueduct constructon work in Owens Valley
L.A. Aqueduct construction in Owens Valley	L.A. Aqueduct winding through the desert near Olancha

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Photographs Courtesy of Rich McCutchan Archives
L. A. Aqueduct crew somewhere in Inyo County - 1910	Engineering crew in the town of Olancha - 1910
Owens Lake north of Olancha - Aqueduct construction crew tents off in the distance - 1910.
Engineering crew relaxing near Olancha - 1910	Engineering crew inspecting the aqueduct near Olancha - 1910
L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha- 1910	Town of Olancha, CA - 1910
L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910	L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910
L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910	L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910
Southern Pacific tracks near Big Pine Distributors plant in Olancha - 1910	L.A. Aqueduct crew car in the town of Olancha - 1910

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