California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Interior of the boiler room in Plant #3 at the Long Beach Steam Station, ca.1925

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Interior of the boiler room in Plant #3 at the Long Beach Steam Station, ca.1925

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Photograph of the interior of the boiler room in Plant #3 at the Long Beach Steam Station, ca.1925. The large room is supported by thick metal girders riveted together. There is a tile floor and several consoles contain gauges. The boilers and their pipes can be seen on both sides of the room. Two men can be seen standing on the floor and looking at the readings on the gauges. The plant was operated by Southern California Edison Company.

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Title Interior of the boiler room in Plant #3 at the Long Beach Steam Station, ca.1925

Subject Electric power (lcsh), Industry -- Electric (file heading), power generation sites (adlf), Southern California Edison Company (subject), Steam power-plants (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Long Beach (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm., 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1925

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-m11873

Identifier 33205 (accession number), CHS-33205 (call number), CHS-33205 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11144 (legacy record id), chs-m11873 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12025 (legacy record id), 84-1-1197 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11144

Unique identifier UC128538

Legacy Identifier CHS-33205.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.8 in × 19.5 in at 300dpi
40.1 cm × 49.5 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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