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The Journal of San Diego History has an online article that includes a number of photographs of early sanitation conditions in San Diego. |
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Map showing the locations of manholes and sewers as designed by George E. Waring, Jr., for San Diego in 1888. For more illustrations of the project, see full article. Source: George E. Waring, Jr., "Chapter XVI: The Sewerage of San Diego," Sewerage and Land-Drainage, 3rd Edition (New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1891), plate. |
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Pump Station Plans
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Plan for the 8th St. and Olympic Boulevard Pumping Plant, 1924, Los Angeles, California. Source: Tom Bates Collection of Pumping Plant Plans, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
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Plan for the Earldom Avenue Sewage Pumping Plant Wet Well Structure, 1934, Los Angeles, California. Sheet 2 of 6. Source: Tom Bates Collection of Pumping Plant Plans, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
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Plan for the Earldom Avenue Sewage Pumping Plant, 1934, Los Angeles, California. Sheet 3 of 6. Source: Tom Bates Collection of Pumping Plant Plans, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
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Plan for Lankershim Boulevard Sewage Pumping Plant, 1939, Los Angeles, California. This includes the motor room, pump room, and sections. Sheet 2 of 5. Source: Tom Bates Collection of Pumping Plant Plans, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |