Artifacts 1D
Most of the following artifacts have historical significance. Please help us fill in the gaps and identify them in greater detail. If you are familiar with any of these artifacts (background or special use), or would like to add your own artifact to the collection, please contact us at: webmaster@waterandpower.org |
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| (5-031) - Diagram showing an Impulse/Pelton Water Wheel used in Early Hydro-Generating Power Plants. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-031 Date: 1917 Description: Diagram showing an Impulse/Pelton Water Wheel used in Early Hydro-Generating Power Plants, where the water wheel turns the generator. Historical Notes: The Pelton wheel was used at Power Plant No. 1 (DWP's 1st hydro plant). It extracted energy from the impulse of moving water from the LA Aqueduct. The San Francisquito Power Plant No. 1, Unit 1 was placed in service on March 18, 1917. Click HERE to see more in Electricity on the Aqueduct. |
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| (5-033) - Glass dome paperweight with pin inside, commemorating the completion of the General Office Building (GOB). Pin reads: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Administrative Center, Dedicated 1965. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-033 Date: 1965 Description: Click HERE to see more in Construction of the GOB. |
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| (5-034) - 1920 Water Power Engineering Book titled: "The Theory, Investigation and Development of Water Powers" by Daniel W. Mead |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-034 Date: 1920 Description: Water Power Engineering Book with handwritten inscription inside the front cover reading: "---- ---- Lowe - Saugus, CA 10/15/20". |
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| (5-035) - Electric Distribution Standards Book used by LA Gas & Electric Corp. (later by DWP) in the 1930s. Click HERE to see more in LA Gas & Electric Corporation. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-035 Date: 1930s Artifact Submitted by Tom Parker (4/05) Description: Book of Standards - Electric Distribution Department - Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation. Historical Notes: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation was one of the first electric utilities serving the City of Los Angeles. In 1937, the Bureau of of Power and Light merged with the Bureau of Water Works & Supply to become the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP). That same year DWP purchased LA Gas & Electric and became the sole electrical service provider to the City of Los Angeles. Click HERE to see more in First Electricity in Los Angeles. |
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| (5-036) - Electric Distribution Standards Book used by LA Gas & Electric (later by DWP) in the 1930s. Click HERE to see more in LA Gas & Electric Corporation. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-036 Date: 1930s Artifact Submitted by Tom Parker (4/05) Historical Notes: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation was one of the first electric utilities serving the City of Los Angeles. In 1937, the Bureau of of Power and Light merged with the Bureau of Water Works & Supply to become the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP). That same year DWP purchased LA Gas & Electric and became the sole electrical service provider to the City of Los Angeles. Click HERE to see more in First Electricity in Los Angeles. |
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| (5-037) - Switch box used when the first electric power from Hoover Dam arrived in Los Angeles in 1936. Also used to turn on the fountains at the GOB dedication ceremony in 1965. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-037 Date: 1936 & 1965 Notes: Click the following to see more in Construction of Hoover Dam and Construction of the GOB |
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| (5-038) - Switch box used when the first electric power from Hoover Dam arrived in Los Angeles in 1936. Also used to turn on the fountains at the GOB dedication ceremony in 1965. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-038 Date: 1936 & 1965 Notes: Click the following to see more in Construction of Hoover Dam and Construction of the GOB |
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| (5-039) - Plaque reads: "On the above date Miss Elisabeth Scattergood pressed this key which lighted the electric arc in the Civic Center as the citizens of Los Angeles received their first electric power from the Hoover Dam Hydro Electric Plants of the Colorado River". Click HERE to see more in Construction of Hoover Dam. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-039 Date: October 9, 1936 Description: The same switch was used to turn on the fountain lights at the dedication of the General Office Building on June 24, 1965. Click HERE to see more in Construction of the GOB. |
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| (5-040) - Plaque reads: June 24, 1965 - "On the above date the new Department of Water and Power General Office Building was dedicated and as part of the program Miss Rose Mulholland and Miss Elisabeth Scattergood together pressed this key which officially began the operation of the illuminated water fountains". |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-040 Date: June 24, 1965 Historical Notes: On June 24, 1965, the GOB was formally dedicated. As part of the ceremony the eight fountains outside the building were turned on by Elizabeth Scattergood and Rose Mulholland, granddaughters of the two men who were DWP's first chief engineers. Click HERE to see more in Construction of the GOB. It should be noted that the same switch used for the GOB dedication was also used when the first power from Hoover Dam first arrived in Los Angeles. Click HERE to see more in Construction of Hoover Dam. |
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| (5-041) - Cable Insulator and Ore Car Rail found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. Also, a small box of Notarial Seals. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-041 Date: ca. 1907-1913 Description: Cable Insulator and Ore Car Rail found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. Also, a small box of Notarial Seals, Grapevine Division Division. Submitted by Jeff Weldon, Feb. '07 Click HERE to see more in Construction of the LA Aqueduct. |
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| (5-042) - Tobacco Tin and Mess Cup found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-042 Date: ca. 1907-1913 Description: Tobacco Tin and Mess Cup found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct, Grapevine Division. Submitted by Jeff Weldon, Feb. '07 Click HERE to see more in Construction of the LA Aqueduct. |
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| (5-043) - Patent Medicine Bottle and Pocket Watch found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-043 Date: ca. 1907-1913 Description: Patent Medicine Bottle and Pocket Watch found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct, Grapevine Division. Submitted by Jeff Weldon, Feb. '07 Click HERE to see more in Construction of the LA Aqueduct. |
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| (5-044) - Rail Spike found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-044 Date: ca. 1907-1913 Description: Rail Spike found at apparent campsite, North Brown Canyon, between Tunnels No. 5 and 6, during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct, Grapevine Division. |
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| (5-045) - Precision Instrument for taking third dimensional still with any camera. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-045 Date: Description: Radex - 3rd dimensional - Stereo Parallel |
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| (5-046) - Municipal Light - Water - Power First Aid Kit. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-046 Date: Description: Geology Car W-3487 - Municipal Light-Water-Power First Aid Kit Historical Notes: In 1902, Los Angeles formed its first municipal water utility and named it the Water Department. Nine years later the Bureau of Power and Light came along. A total of six different names have been used to refer to the two separate water and power organizations since that time. Not until 1937 did both organizations merge and become the Department of Water and Power. Click HERE to see more in Name Change Chronology of DWP. |
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| (5-047) - Cross section of an Underground 230kV Cable with Optical Fiber used on the Toluca-Hollywood Transmission Line 3. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-047 Date: 1980s(?) Artifact Submitted by: Jeff Weldon (2/07) Description: LADWP Toluca Hollywood Line 3, 230kV 1c 2500kCM XLPE Cable with Optical Fiber Unit - Sumitomo Electric U.S.A. |
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| (5-052) - Mess Plate found in Tailings Pile North of Deadfoot Canyon, South of Tunnel No. 10, used during construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-052 Date: ca. 1907-1913 Description: Mess Plate used during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. Found in the Tailings Pipe of Deadfoot Canyon, South of Tunnel No. 10, Grapevine Division. Submitted by Jeff Weldon, Feb. '07 Click HERE to see more in Construction of the LA Aqueduct. |
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| (5-053) - Mess Plate found in Tailings Pile North of Deadfoot Canyon, South of Tunnel No. 10, used during construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-053 Date: ca. 1907-1913 Description: Mess Plate used during the construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct. Found in the Tailings Pipe of Deadfoot Canyon, South of Tunnel No. 10, Grapevine Division. Submitted by Jeff Weldon, Feb. '07 Click HERE to see more in Construction of the LA Aqueduct. |
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| (5-054) - Porceelain Doll Head on Glass Stand from St. Francis Dam Disaster. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-054 Date: 1928 Historical Notes: The St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically upon being filled for the first time, near midnight on March 12, 1928. Over 450 people perished as the flooding waters raced through the San Francisquito and Santa Clara River valleys and continued on its 54 mile course to the ocean. Click HERE to see more in St. Francis Dam Disaster. |
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| (5-055) - Porceelain Doll Head on Glass Stand from St. Francis Dam Disaster. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-055 Date: 1928 Historical Notes: The St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically upon being filled for the first time, near midnight on March 12, 1928. Over 450 people perished as the flooding waters raced through the San Francisquito and Santa Clara River valleys and continued on its 54 mile course to the ocean. Click HERE to see more in St. Francis Dam Disaster. |
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| (5-056) - Photo of the 25th Anniversary of the General Office Building Dedication, June 24, 1990, including Dedication Program and Pins. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-056 Date: June 24, 1990 Description: Click HERE to see the original Water and Power Building Dedication Program of June 24, 1965. |
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| (5-057) - Three pins commemorating the dedication and 25th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Administrative Center (GOB). From left to right pins read: (1) DWP - SERVICE SINCE 1902 - WATER FOR LIFE - POWER FOR PROGRESS; (2) Adminstriative Center Dedicated 1965; (3) and General Office Building - 25th Anniversary. |
Notes Artifact Photo ID: 5-057 Date: 1965 & 1990 Historical Notes: On June 24, 1965, the GOB was formally dedicated. As part of the ceremony the eight fountains outside the building were turned on by Elizabeth Scattergood and Rose Mulholland, granddaughters of the two men who were DWP's first chief engineers. Click HERE to see more in Construction of the GOB. |
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