Canal congested with water from the Colorado River after five unsuccessful attempts at channeling the river, ca.1903

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Title	Canal congested with water from the Colorado River after five unsuccessful attempts at channeling the river, ca.1903
Description	Photograph of the [Imperial?] Canal congested with water from the Colorado River after five unsuccessful attempts at channeling the river, ca.1903. This is the break which formed the present Salton Sea. The ends of three piles stick up out of the river at the sandy bank. Trees grow thickly on the distant opposite shore.
Subject (adlf)	canals
Subject (file heading)	Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River
Subject (lcsh)	Rivers Canals
Geographic subject	canals: Imperial Canal
Geographic subject (state)	Arizona; California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1903
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1903
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	4255
Call number	CHS-4255
Microfiche number	1-61-
Legacy record ID	chs-m16724; USC-1-1-1-14306
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-4255
Archival file	chs_Volume96/CHS-4255.tiff

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