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United Concrete Pipe Corporation headquarters was at 85th St. and Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California. One Works Progress Administration project was the Wawona Tunnel built in 1933. [2] In 1937 United Concrete Pipe completed a Works Progress Administration project the Mad River Water Supply Project in Eureka, California.
Pacoima Dam is a concrete arch dam on Pacoima Creek in the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California. The reservoir it creates, Pacoima Reservoir, has a capacity of 3,777 acre⋅ft (4,659,000 m 3) [1] Built by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, which became part of the Department of Public Works, it was completed in 1928.
The contestants had to rappel down the side of the bridge to their waiting cars to start the race. [16] In the 2016 romantic musical film La La Land, the protagonists took an evening stroll across the bridge. [17] In the 2008 film Yes Man, the bridge was featured in a scene where actor Jim Carrey attempts a bungee jump. [18]
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The Lilac Road Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge in Bonsall, California, built in 1978 at a cost of $1,500,000. [1] Its main span is 455 feet (139 m), with a total length of 745 feet (227 m). It was designed by Fred G. Michaels and John Suwada, with architecture consulting by William Wells.
Southern California's water district installs a quake-resistant pipe along the Colorado River Aqueduct to prevent a major spill.
The 24-foot (7.3 m)-wide bridge deck provides for two lanes of traffic and is 65 feet (20 m) above the ground below. Christian Theophil Gutleben, [2] noted for his reinforced concrete arch bridges throughout the California coast and in the Los Angeles area, was the designer. The structure got a seismic retrofit in 1999.
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