Flood aftermath (beach area), 1958

Caption slip continues: "Photographer: Gaze... #66: It doesn't matter, anyway, because no one wants to cross the damaged intersection but Special Patrolman J.R. Ricks looks curiously at a pedestrian traffic signal control almost entirely buried in sand at Vista Del Mar and Coast blvd. (The El Segundo City -- Playa Del Rey border). 77/78: There's work ahead for contractors building a giant screen and pump chamber for the Dept. of Water and Power's $60,000,000 Scattergood Steam Plant at Playa del Rey. Three big cranes, two bulldozers and other equipment and machinery were buried to a depth of 20 feet by storm waters, sand, mud and crude oil. (1 pix shows steam plant in background)".

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