Opening Day - the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Nov. 5, 1913)
"There it is -- Take it!"
--William Mulholland
Opening day celebration for the Los Angeles Aqueduct November 5, 1913. Crowds of people and water cascading down the channel into the Valley are visible. Construction on the aqueduct began in 1908 after land and water rights were secured from the Owens Valley in Northern California. Laborers from all over the world came to work on the project.
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It is estimated that over 30,000 people showed up at the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct on November 5, 1913. They came to watch the Owens Valley water cascade into the resevoir. The caption of this picture was that the automobile was "here to stay" in the San Fernando Valley. You can make out some horse and buggies to the rear of the image.*
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Official Opening of the Water Gates (1913)*
Commemorative of the Official Opening of the LA Aqueduct
Click HERE for the ebook of the Official Publication by the LA Celebration Commission (1913)**
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* Oviatt Library Digital Archives w/Permission from California State University, Northridge