The Owens Valley Aqueduct
Construction Photos of Joseph Barlow Lippincott - 1

 

Owens Lake looking east from Olancha in 1906

 owens lake
 

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 . There are approximately 800 photographs in the files. These are some of my favorites.

oak creek
Above Oak Creek - 1907

surveying team
Aqueduct Surveying Team - 1906

eaton ranch
Branding at Eaton's Ranch - 1907

owens valley
Automobile in Owens Valley - 1907

caterpillar
Caterpillar Traction Engine hauling lumber on the Mojave Desert - 1908

cement plant
Cement Plant - 1908

cement plant
Cement Plant - 1908



aerial tram
Aerial Tram at cement plant for hauling clay from the clay beds - 1908

alabama hills
Alabama Hills Tunnel - 1906

scherer
Park superintendent Scherer
1912

cottonwood conduit
Cottonwood conduit - 1908

cottonwood conduit
Beginning of the Cottonwood
conduit - 1908

Rock Creek
Crossing Rock Creek near Tom's Place in winter - 1906



cottonwood sawmill
Cottonwood Sawmill on Cottonwood Creek - 1908

cottonwood conduit
Cottonwood conduit under construction - 1908

cottonwood conduit
Cottonwood conduit. Covers for the conduit are on the right side - 1908

cottonwood conduit
Mixing cement for the Cottonwood conduit - 1908

cottonwood conduit
Cottonwood conduit - 1908

cottonwood conduit
Hauling cement for the Cottonwood conduit - 1908

construction crew
Aqueduct construction crew camp - 1907

owens river
Crossing Owens River - 1907
 

   "Joseph Barlow Lippincott Biography"
by Kenneth Q. Volk & Edgar Alan Rowe
 

raymond
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond at Coyote Holes - 1907

dredge
Dredge #1 in Owens Valley - 1908

independence
Independence - 1906

dredge
Dredge #4 in Owens Valley - 1909

robert's ranch
Robert's Ranch in Long Valley - 1906

willow springs
Automobile at Willow Springs - 1906

keeler
Keeler - 1912

owens river
Owens River - 1906

keeler
Keeler - 1912

caterpillar
Hauling freight from Mojave using the "Caterpillar" traction engine and train - 1908
[This turned out to be a fruitless effort in hauling freight across the Mojave Desert. The effort was finally abandoned in favor of mules.]

caterpillar
Hauling lumber up the Jawbone Canyon using the "Caterpillar" traction engine - 1908
 

 
 

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