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File:Construction of the Imperial Canal head gate apron on the Colorado River, Sharps, ca.1903 (CHS-4280).jpg

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Construction of the Imperial Canal head gate apron on the Colorado River, Sharps, ca.1903
Photograph of the construction site of the Imperial Canal head gate apron on the Colorado River, Sharps, ca.1903. Wood forms, scaffolds, wood frames, cranes and ladders make the work area quite busy. A generator sits in a crude corrugated metal shelter at bottom right. About 15 men are working at various things. Several buildings are visible in the distant background.
Call number: CHS-4280
Legacy record ID: chs-m16738; USC-1-1-1-14306
Photographer:
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
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creator QS:P170,Q61995887
:Filename: CHS-4280
Coverage date: circa 1903
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Sharps
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 4280
Microfiche number: 1-61-
Archival file: chs_Volume96/CHS-4280.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): dam sites
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1903
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Geographic subject (manmade feature): Imperial Canal
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Format: glass plate negatives
Geographic subject: rivers: Colorado River
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River
Subject (lcsh): Rivers
Date circa 1903
date QS:P,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/16671
Author
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887

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