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Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
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Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant, 1956
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Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant, 1956
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Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant, 1956
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Title
Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant, 1956
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Type
images
Source
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-c44-10499
Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-410.tiff (
filename
), examiner-c44-10499 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10499
Unique identifier
UC11643214
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-410a/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-410.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
11.6 in × 9.4 in at 300dpi
29.6 cm × 23.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant, 1956
Inherited Title
Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant, 1956 (
title
)
Description
Photograph of a drawing. "Ground breaking Monday for Civic Center Plant -- The above artist sketch of the new Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant will soon become a reality. With the awarding of a $3,502,500 contract to Haas-Haynei-Frandsen, Incorporated, general contractors of Beverly Hills, construction will begin officially Monday, July 16th. According to construction firm president T. Fred Frandsen, completion date has been set for February, 1958. -- Site of the plant will be on Temple, between North Broadway and Hill Streets. -- The plant, the first of its kind in the nation will be completely automatic and will supply the heating and air conditioning for all the county-owned buildings, both present and future, in the new Civic Center. -- Special guests at the Monday ground breaking ceremony will include: The County Board of Supervisors: Chairman, Burton W. Chace (4th District), Kenneth Hahn (2nd District), John Anson Ford (3rd District), Herbert C. Legg (1st District), Roger W. Jessup (5th District). Also present will be Chief Administrator Arthur J. Will, County Engineer John Lambie, T. Fred Frandsen, President of Haas-Haynie-Frandsen, Incorporated, contractors Wes Price, representing Scott Company of Southern California, and Charles A. Wirle, representing A.S. Schulman Electric Co." -- typed note attached to verso (of 3 1275-02805-7512), dated 14 July 1956. The plant eventually opened on Thursday, August 21 1958. It was engineered and designed by M.A. Nishkian & Company, Consulting Engineers, Long Beach. The structure was constructed by Haas-Haynie-Frandsen, Inc., General Contractor. Mechanical installations were by Scott Company of Southern California.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Subject
Haas-Haynie-Frandsen Inc.
(subject),
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Civic -- Miscellaneous
(file heading),
M.A. Nishkian Company
(subject),
Scott Company
(subject)
Coverage Spatial
California
(states),
Civic Center
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Coverage Geocoordinate
-118.2438,34.05665 (
point
), -118.24539,34.05888 (
point
), -118.2457,34.05405 (
point
), -118.24729,34.05739 (
point
)
Coverage Temporal
1956-06-24
Inherited Subject
Haas-Haynie-Frandsen Inc.
(subject),
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Civic -- Miscellaneous
(file heading),
M.A. Nishkian Company
(subject),
Scott Company
(subject)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Date Created
1956-06-24
Creator
Haas-Haynie-Frandsen, Inc. (builder), Nishkian, M.A. (architect), Shrewsbury, Gene (artist)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
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