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Lake Hughes, California · First Los Angeles Aqueduct
Historical Marker Database · Craig Baker
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THE STORY
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Some sections of the original Los Angeles Aqueduct, completed in 1913, are still in use. Over six years, 100,000 laborers built the 233-mile-long series of canals, pipelines, and tunnels that make up the gravity-flow aqueduct from Owens Valley.
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Photo: Craig Baker
Photo: Craig Baker
Photo: Craig Baker
Photo: Craig Baker
Photo: Craig Baker
Photo: Craig Baker
Photo: Craig Baker
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Lake Hughes, California · USA
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