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Griffin Road Improvements – Los Angeles CA

Griffin Rd. Drainage Ditch

A concrete and rubble wall design

Griffin Rd. Drainage Ditch

Photo: Andrew Laverdiere © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND February 20, 2017

Griffin Rd. Drainage Ditch

Griffin Rd. Drainage Ditch

Project type: Sanitation and Water Disposal, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

A 1939 WPA report lists:
No. 3272 Los Angeles County
Griffin Road Improvement, Little Rock
Federal Contr. $18,963 Sponsor $2,018
Average No. of men employed per month 41
Months to complete 7

Project consists of a rubble wall and concrete ditch along the hillside emptying into the Arroyo Seco River

Source notes

Connolly, Donald H. and G. I. Farman. Report of Accomplishment of the Operations Division. Works Progress Administration, Southern California. January 1, 1939

local source

Project originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on February 28, 2017.

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Location Info

4697 N. Griffin Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90031

Coordinates: 34.0981087, -118.20202089

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