JavaScript is required
JPL Logo
Image

The Gulch

Oct. 27, 2016
This archival picture, taken in August 1944, shows the northeast end of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. This was near the Arroyo Seco, a dry canyon wash at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.

This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016.

At the northeast end of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, there was a row of rocket test pits and storage buildings that housed explosives. This was near the Arroyo Seco, a dry canyon wash at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The picture was taken in August 1944. Today, this area is a small parking lot behind the Fabrication Shop (Building 103).

JPL is a division of the Caltech in Pasadena, California.