Officials at the inlet-outlet tower at the Bouquet Canyon Reservoir during the dedication ceremony, 1934
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Text from negative sleeve: California, Boquet Canyon Dam, View of the officials and a truck next to the concrete inlet-outlet tower, 130 feet high, at the Bouquet Canyon Reservoir during the dedication ceremony when the water was first released to fill the reservoir. More than 50 persons attended the opening including Mayor Shaw; H. A. Van Norman, Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Bureau of Water Works; William Mulholland; Henry L. Jacques, E. F. Scattergood; President Hugh J. McGuire of the Board of Public Works; Lloyd Aldrich, City Engineer; Water Power Commissioner Arthur J. Mullen; T. A. Panter; William W. Hurlbut and Mrs Harriett Sunday of the Civil Service Commission; J. B. Lippincott, consulting engineer; and President William P. Whitsett of the Metropolitan Water District., 34.58877471813489, Text from newspaper caption: Here's Where Flow Started; View of Control Tower [Los Angeles Times, "Water in New Reservoir," 3/29/1934], -118.37725639343262, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.