• San Gabriel River Levee Reconstruction - Irwindale CA
    In 1938, the Works Progress Administration employed workers on the San Gabriel River Levee. Project No. 9686 employed on average 328 men for 4 months. Project No. 9998 employed 458 men on average for 5 months. From a WPA report:   "Work Project No. 9686 and 9998, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, provides for the enlarging and reconstruction of the earth levees along both banks of the San Gabriel River east of the City of Azusa, and extending downstream from the mouth of the San Gabriel Canyon, a distance of about 2 1/4 miles.   "San Gabriel Canyon has...