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How cool is this?? The footage was captured at Echo Park Lake in either August or September of 1913, during the installation of a $15K storm drain under the lake (adjusts to $491K in 2026). The drain was proposed to the LA City Council by the Park’s Commission in 1912 at the insistence of the Health Department, due to the unsanitary conditions of the lake. Per reports at the time, the lake was producing an”most unpleasant smell” in warm weather, due largely to “street sweepings washing into the