Art
4 Original Prints: Aerial Photos of the Los Angeles Aqueduct
- Item Number
- 172
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 91 USD to kp0271eda
- Number of Bids
- 13 - Bid History
Item Description
When William Mulholland completed the first Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, the city finally had the resources that allowed it to boom. The population of 100,000 started to grow rapidly and expanded into the metropolis we know today.
About 30 percent of L.A.'s water comes from the Owens Valley, where the original aqueduct still functions, alongside a second aqueduct completed in the 1970s.
After making a 233-mile journey from the Eastern Sierra, the water gets filtered, treated, and distributed to millions of Angelinos.
Contextual background about the four prints:
· When the Los Angeles Aqueduct was constructed 100 years ago, water was diverted away from Owens Lake and the lake bed has remained relatively dry since.
· In the 1930s, Los Angeles extended its diversion system from the original aqueduct intake which depleted the water level at Mono Lake, where formerly submerged salt towers called “tufa” are now exposed.
· Water from the aqueduct flows into the Hatwee Reservoir, 200 miles northeast of LA.
· The first LA Aqueduct winds through mountains near Mojave. When the aqueduct was built in the early 20th century, workers used dynamite and man power to insert the aqueduct into the mountains.
Go to kpcc.org to view a slideshow of all images taken from this feature.
Photos by Mae Ryan/KPCC
Print Size: 8 x 11
Prints are not framed.
Item Special Note
Donated by:
AudioVisionand POVevolving Print Studio
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