File:Canal congested with water from the Colorado River after five unsuccessful attempts at channeling the river, ca.1903 (CHS-4255).jpg

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Canal congested with water from the Colorado River after five unsuccessful attempts at channeling the river, ca.1903
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.
Call number: CHS-4255
Photographer:
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
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creator QS:P170,Q61995887
:Filename: CHS-4255
Coverage date: circa 1903
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 4255
Microfiche number: 1-61-
Archival file: chs_Volume96/CHS-4255.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): canals
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1903
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Arizona; California
Legacy record ID: chs-m16724; USC-1-1-1-14306
Geographic subject: canals: Imperial Canal
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River
Subject (lcsh): Rivers; Canals
Date circa 1903
date QS:P,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/16657
Author
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887

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