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NASA Industrial Plant, Reservoir & Pump House, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA
Location12214 Lakewood Boulevard,
Downey, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-310-U
Building/structure dates:
1942 initial construction
Significance: Building 36 was constructed in 1942. It was used as a reservoir and pump house from its construction in 1942, during the WWII reconstruction of the plant for aircraft production by Convair, until the Downey plant was closed in 1999. The significance of the building is that it sits on top of a subterranean, circular concrete reservoir originally designed as an emergency reservoir for fire fighting. It is also very much unchanged from its original construction.
Subjects
Military FacilitiesReservoirsPump Houses
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
EXTERIOR TANK AND PUMP STATION DETAIL VIEW, FACING SOUTHEAST.
INTERIOR PUMP STATION DETAIL VIEW, FACING SOUTHEAST.
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