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Construction of the filter gallery at the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant. Part of the original 1960 plant, the filter gallery houses the controls for opening and closing the valves.
Aerial view of the Bay Street Reservoir, part of the City of Santa Cruz's water system. It has been drained and cleaned in preparation for being roofed.
City workers using a crane on the Riverside Avenue bridge to try to loosen a log jam. The photo is taken during one of the storms of 1983 that caused the San Lorenzo River to flood.
Pipes to be laid under the San Lorenzo River to carry water to the River Street Water Treatment Plant (seen here). Prior to 1955, water was distributed into the water system without treatment.
Construction of pipelines to carry water from the Tait Street wells, under the San Lorenzo River, to the River Street Water Treatment Plant at 124 River Street.
The River Street Water Treatment Plant, the City's first water treatment plant, at 124 River Street. The pipes on the ground are going to be laid on the San Lorenzo River riverbed to carry water to the treatment plant.
The Public Works Dept. trailer in the foreground, some buildings in the background, vacant cleared lots in the middle ground. A bulldozer with a backhoe shovel attachment clears debris.
Signs on the fence near the Public Works Department trailer point the way to the new temporary locations for several local businesses. Signs for The Vault, Heinz Biergarten, and Shockley's Jewelers.
This shot is to the left of the Public Works Dept. trailer, showing the County Bank facade, the holes where the Leask's/Gottschalk's department store building, the Cooper House, and another building once were.
The foliage on the tree indicates late Autumn as hardhat-wearing workers assemble in front of the Public Works Dept. trailer near Pacific Ave.