Conservation. Wooden manhole covers. Lifting a wooden manhole cover into place is Colonel Carl H. Reeves, superintendent of the Los Angeles County, California, Maintenance Department. Treated to resist termites and decay, each wooden cover saves 500 pounds of metal. It may be manufactured without the use of extensive fabricating equipment. A War Production Board (WPB) order prohibits the use of iron and steel for manhole covers
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Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Freeman, Albert, photographer
Perlitch, William, photographer
Smith, Roger, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States, 34.05223, -118.24368
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain