Owens Valley's - Los Angeles Aqueduct  
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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

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Building the El Camino Sierra in Owens Valley near Olancha - Owens Lake off to the right - 1908

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Steam shovel in operation at the Olancha division - 1912

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Olancha Division near Station 11450, on the earthquake fault line - 1912

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Conduit excavation Olancha division - 1909

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Excavation of the Olancha canal section - 1909

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Olancha Division near Station 11450, on the earthquake fault line - 1912

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Conduit excavation Olancha division - 1909

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Finished conduit in Olancha Division - 1912

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Open canal at Olancha

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Finished aqueduct canal in Olancha Divsion - 1912

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Finished aqueduct canal in Olancha Division - 1913

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Finished aqueduct canal in Olancha Divsion - 1912

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Aqueduct canal near Olancha - Owens Lake in the background

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Aqueduct canal near Olancha

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Los Angeles aqueduct, Olancha Division - 1912

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Watching water flow through the Los Angeles aqueduct

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Aqueduct workers preparing to line the aqueduct with concrete - 1911

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Olancha Creek crossing at the Los Angeles Aqueduct - 1911

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Southern Pacific Railroad crossing the Los Angeles Aqueduct near Olancha - 1913
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Steam shovel #11 crew in operation at Olancha - 1911

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Aqueduct personnel headquarters at Keeler - 1908

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Furnace and mill of the Inyo Development Company in Keeler, CA - circa 1912


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Aqueduct pipe section - built by Treadwell Construction Co., Midland

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Inyo Development Company's soda operations at Keeler - 1912

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Aqueduct construction near Olancha

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Aqueduct construction near Olancha

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Open, lined section of the aqueduct in Owens Valley - 1908
 

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Aqueduct Construction Photos
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Stoddard Dayton at Haiwee in Owens Valley - 1907
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L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.

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L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.

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L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.

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L.A. Aqueduct workers camp.
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L.A. Aqueduct workers in Owens Valley

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L.A. Aqueduct construction work in Owens Valley

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L.A. Aqueduct constructon work in Owens Valley

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L.A. Aqueduct construction in Owens Valley
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L.A. Aqueduct winding through the desert near Olancha

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Los Angeles Gets No Owens Valley Runoff For The First Time Since 1913

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Photographs Courtesy of Rich McCutchan Archives

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L. A. Aqueduct crew somewhere in Inyo County - 1910

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Engineering crew in the town of Olancha - 1910

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Owens Lake north of Olancha - Aqueduct construction crew tents off in the distance - 1910.

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Engineering crew relaxing near Olancha - 1910

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Engineering crew inspecting the aqueduct near Olancha - 1910

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L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha- 1910

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Town of Olancha, CA - 1910

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L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910

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L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910

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L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910

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L.A. Aqueduct crew camping out near Olancha - 1910
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Southern Pacific tracks near Big Pine Distributors plant in Olancha - 1910

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L.A. Aqueduct crew car in the town of Olancha - 1910

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