- City:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
‘This building is one unit of the docket covering general harbor development and improvement at Los Angeles. It has an area of 4,800 square feet and houses a 300,000-pound capacity Southwark Emery universal testing machine, as well as complete physics and chemistry testing laboratories for testing all types of materials used in construction.’ (cost: $65,500)
Source notes
Short, C. W. and R. Stanley-Brown (1939) Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration, 1933 to 1939. United States Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.Contribute to this Site
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