Fire survey, 1954

Fire survey, 4 January 1954. Reverend James Patrick White) In charge, Passionist Fathers Monastery and Retreat);Examining Sawpit Dam in Monrovia Canyon;Colonel I.M Rice (U.S Army Corps Engineer);James K Mace (Deputy State Forester);Herbert C Legg (County Supervisor);William V Mendenhall (Supervisor, Angeles Forest);Keith Klinger (County Fire Chief);Examining burned area in Monrovia Canyon;Harold E Hedger (Chief Engineer, Los Angeles County Flood Control);Bailey Canyon.;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Rustan. Date: 1954-01-04. Reporter: Devlin. Assignment: Fire survey. 84: Herbert C Legg, county supervisor;Keith Klinger, county fire chief;Howard Miller. 75: Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer, L.A Co. Flood Control;Col. I.M Rice, U.S.A Corps Engineers;James Mace, Deputy State Forester, examining emergency digging at Bailey Canyondebris basin -- to increase capacity for expected debris. 76: Official survey party examines Sawpit Dam in Monrovia Canyon. 65/66/81: William V Mendenhall, Angeles Forest Supervisor;Herbert C Legg, County Supervisor;Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer, L.A County Flood Control District;Keith Klinger, County Fire Chief;James K Mace, deputy State Forester. Officials examine Eaton Wash Dam, L.A County Flood Control District facility, which is hoped to tap much debris when rain floods the burned out hills to the NE Dam is at mouth of Eaton Canyon, just south of Foothill Blvd., NE Pasadena.';Caption slip continues: '82: Myles R Howlett, US Forest Engineer;Wm. V Mendenhall, Supervisor, Angeles Nat'l. Forest;Herbert C Legg, LA County Supervisor;Col. I.M Rice, USA, assistant District Engineer for U.S Corps of Engineers. Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer, L.A Co. Flood Control. Dr. Russell Seibert, of the State and County Arboretum. Pix [sic] at Passionist Fathers Monastery, showing burned area in background. 83: Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer LA Co. Flood Control;Very Reverend James Patrick White, in charge of Passionist Fathers Monastery and Retreat;Co. F
Fire survey, 4 January 1954. Reverend James Patrick White) In charge, Passionist Fathers Monastery and Retreat);Examining Sawpit Dam in Monrovia Canyon;Colonel I.M Rice (U.S Army Corps Engineer);James K Mace (Deputy State Forester);Herbert C Legg (County Supervisor);William V Mendenhall (Supervisor, Angeles Forest);Keith Klinger (County Fire Chief);Examining burned area in Monrovia Canyon;Harold E Hedger (Chief Engineer, Los Angeles County Flood Control);Bailey Canyon.;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Rustan. Date: 1954-01-04. Reporter: Devlin. Assignment: Fire survey. 84: Herbert C Legg, county supervisor;Keith Klinger, county fire chief;Howard Miller. 75: Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer, L.A Co. Flood Control;Col. I.M Rice, U.S.A Corps Engineers;James Mace, Deputy State Forester, examining emergency digging at Bailey Canyondebris basin -- to increase capacity for expected debris. 76: Official survey party examines Sawpit Dam in Monrovia Canyon. 65/66/81: William V Mendenhall, Angeles Forest Supervisor;Herbert C Legg, County Supervisor;Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer, L.A County Flood Control District;Keith Klinger, County Fire Chief;James K Mace, deputy State Forester. Officials examine Eaton Wash Dam, L.A County Flood Control District facility, which is hoped to tap much debris when rain floods the burned out hills to the NE Dam is at mouth of Eaton Canyon, just south of Foothill Blvd., NE Pasadena.';Caption slip continues: '82: Myles R Howlett, US Forest Engineer;Wm. V Mendenhall, Supervisor, Angeles Nat'l. Forest;Herbert C Legg, LA County Supervisor;Col. I.M Rice, USA, assistant District Engineer for U.S Corps of Engineers. Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer, L.A Co. Flood Control. Dr. Russell Seibert, of the State and County Arboretum. Pix [sic] at Passionist Fathers Monastery, showing burned area in background. 83: Harold E Hedger, chief Engineer LA Co. Flood Control;Very Reverend James Patrick White, in charge of Passionist Fathers Monastery and Retreat;Co. F
Fire survey, 1954
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