"Transporting the Owens Valley to Los Angeles" and "More to the Story Than Can Fit on a Plaque"

Two digital photographs exposing the obscured history of the Owens Valley water wars in Jong's photographic documentation of an unusual monument at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The sign in front of a collection of boulders reads: These ancient granite boulders were brought from the picturesque Alabama Hills in the Owens Valley… Owens Valley is the source of a large portion of the water service to the City of Los Angeles.




RELATED PLACES Owens Lake, Los Angeles

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