Back in 1887, Fred Eaton, the City Surveyor, drew up plans for a proposed sewer system for the City of Los Angeles.  He estimated a cost of $1,000,000 to construct the proposed system.  A report from consulting engineer Rudolph Hering supported Eaton’s work and suggested spreading fields for the system.

I like how everything flows to one location, “Outfall Sewer”, at the lower left corner of the map.  I wonder if some of that infrastructure is still there today?  Check it out on the Huntington Digital Library site.

For you high-res junkies, here you go!

If you were a bicycling enthusiast back in 1896, you probably had this map on hand as you toured California.  The map was surrounded by advertisements to make sure you had the latest bicycling gear.  But more importantly the map outlined bike paths in red with labels which represented the road condition from good to very poor and the grade of the road from level to mountainous.

Check the map out on the Library of Congress site and download the high resolution image to see all the glorious detail!