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[L.A. Gas and Electric]
Large Group Photos Documenting Construction of Gas Tanks in Los Angeles, 1922-24
Linen-backed silver prints (129)
Each 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches
Most with dates and notations on verso or tab
Most with dates and notations on verso or tab
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This substantial collection of photographs documents various the construction of massive gas tanks completed in the early 1920s by the Bartlett-Hayward Company for the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Co....
This substantial collection of photographs documents various the construction of massive gas tanks completed in the early 1920s by the Bartlett-Hayward Company for the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Co.
In 1921, construction began on a 20-story tank able to hold 10 million cubic feet of gas, then-the largest of its kind in the West. Planned by L.A. Gas and Electric and constructed by the Bartlett-Hayward Co. of Baltimore, the tank was built on the block bounded by Jackson, Ducommun, Center and Vignes Streets at a cost of one million dollars. After its completion, two more “10,000,000 CU. FT.” holders were constructed by the Bartlett-Hayward Co. The first was built on 36th Street and 11th Avenue in 1923, and the second on Formosa and Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood in 1924. The majority of the photographs in the album document this second project, on 36th and 11th, though all three efforts are represented. Present in many of the photographs is a sign noting the project site and date.
The album speaks to Los Angeles’s population boom in the 1920s. A 1921 article published in the Los Angeles Evening Express notes that prior to the Bartlett-Hayward tank, the largest one in LA could only hold six million cubic feet of gas, and that on a record winter day in 1920, the city used 52 million cubic feet of gas.
In 1921, construction began on a 20-story tank able to hold 10 million cubic feet of gas, then-the largest of its kind in the West. Planned by L.A. Gas and Electric and constructed by the Bartlett-Hayward Co. of Baltimore, the tank was built on the block bounded by Jackson, Ducommun, Center and Vignes Streets at a cost of one million dollars. After its completion, two more “10,000,000 CU. FT.” holders were constructed by the Bartlett-Hayward Co. The first was built on 36th Street and 11th Avenue in 1923, and the second on Formosa and Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood in 1924. The majority of the photographs in the album document this second project, on 36th and 11th, though all three efforts are represented. Present in many of the photographs is a sign noting the project site and date.
The album speaks to Los Angeles’s population boom in the 1920s. A 1921 article published in the Los Angeles Evening Express notes that prior to the Bartlett-Hayward tank, the largest one in LA could only hold six million cubic feet of gas, and that on a record winter day in 1920, the city used 52 million cubic feet of gas.
Courtesy of Daniel / Oliver Gallery
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