Exterior view of a nuclear energy plant in the Santa Susana Mountains, ca.1950

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Photograph of an exterior view of a nuclear energy plant in the Santa Susana Mountains, ca.1950. To the right, a large building with no visible windows sits among a cluster of smaller buildings. To the left, small rudimentary buildings with rectangular windows sit scattered about. A tangle of devices sits in the middle of the large building on the right and the smaller buildings on the left. A rocky hillside is visible behind the buildings while care can be seen parked in the left background.; Photoprint reads: "Electricity from Atomic Energy -- heat produced by the atomic energy reactor (in building at right) is used to gnerate electricity. The reactor is part of the sodium reactor experiment (SRE) being conducted by Atomics International, a division of North American Aviation, Incorporated for the Atomic Energy Commission to develop economical power from nuclear energy. Electricity is generated by an experimental power station installed adjacent to the reactor by the Southern California Edison Company (left). The project is located in the Santa Susana Mountains near Los Angeles".

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Title Exterior view of a nuclear energy plant in the Santa Susana Mountains, ca.1950

Subject industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Electric (file heading), North American Aviation, Inc. (subject), Nuclear energy (lcsh), Southern California Edison Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1950

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1950

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11890

Identifier 40721 (accession number), CHS-40721 (call number), CHS-40721 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11300 (legacy record id), chs-m11890 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12042 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11300

Unique identifier UC128814

Legacy Identifier CHS-40721.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.4 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
56.8 cm × 41.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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