American Society for Testing Materials; American Society of Civil Engineers; Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Artesian wells; Association of American Portland Cement Manufacturers; Bookbinding; Bridges; California Portland Cement Company; Canals;...
Bound manuscript contains a report by a committee of engineers on the quality of cement used for the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Report gives information related to defects found in the cement mixtures, chemical tests, and analyses of the concrete....
Scrapbook contains pictures from the surveying expedition of nine public officials and three journalists across the Owens River Valley Project. Back of book contains a typed manuscript with details of their travels.
Full page article with continued column on back narrates entire Owens River Valley trip to view the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Trip comprised of government officials and notable Los Angeles citizens who took multiple cars from Los...
In a news article, Dr. Walter Lindley describes his tour of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and his various stops along the way. Engineer William Mulholland is mentioned as giving information to Lindley's tour group on the state of the aqueduct.
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Automobiles; Automobiles--Societies, etc.; Caravans; Deer; Engineers; Hens; Hotels; Lindley, Walter, b. 1852; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mayors; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935; Newspapers; Ranches; Springs
In an article, Willson details an automobile caravan trip to the city of Bishop. Trip is part of a larger tour of the Owens River Valley to view the Los Angeles Aqueduct. List of tour members is included. Among them, Dr. Walter Lindley and his wife...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Pamphlets; Portraits, Group; Voting; Water-supply; Water-supply-California
Leaflet from the Concerned Citizens of Owens Valley gives a history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and its effects on the Owens Valley. Publication then urges readers to read more information on the conflict in its other bulletins. Leaflet also...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power; Real property; Valuation
The City of Los Angeles offers a little more than 5 million dollars for the cities of Laws, Lone Pine, Big Pine, Independence, and Bishop in order to settle its conflict with residents of the Owens Valley over the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Residents...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.); Geology; Hydrogeology; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water conservation; Water conservation-California; Water usage; Water-supply; Water-supply-California
Shoemaker describes the geographic makeup of the Pomona Valley's natural water supply and details the history of the area's water usage and conservation. Document also mentions the value of water received from the Colorado River.
Court decisions and opinions; Judgments; Water rights; San Antonio Canyon (Calif.)
Judge's written opinion in the case of the Irrigation Company of Pomona, et. al. (plaintiffs) v. the San Antonio Water Company, et. al. (defendants) over water rights. Plaintiffs' lands are in the vicinity of Pomona and Claremont, in Los Angeles...
Court decisions and opinions; Judgments; Water rights; San Antonio Canyon (Calif.)
California Supreme Court modification of a judgment rendered by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, striking from said judgment all of Subdivisions numbered "1", "2" and "3" of Paragraph IV, and substituting "in lieu thereof" three additional...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Damages; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property; Valuation
Clipping contains end portion of an article that details the results of a meeting between Owens Valley residents and officials from Los Angeles over buying prices for Owens Valley land. Article includes prices offered by the City of Los Angeles for...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Architecture--Mutilation, defacement, etc.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Damages; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Protest movements; Valuation
Report reveals that officials in Los Angeles have prepared to take action in the Owens Valley in response to damage done to the Los Angeles Aqueduct by local residents in the valley. Majority of article includes a quoted statement by President of...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles; Bonds; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property
Editorial announces that bond money has been used to purchase all lands and buildings in the cities of Bishop, Big Pine, Lone Pine, and Laws. Article states that the next move is to purchase land in Long Valley and Mono Basin. Land purchases,...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Irrigation; Irrigation-California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mountains; Photographs
Second part in a series of articles on Owens Valley residents continues the story of the how the Los Angeles Aqueduct came to the area. Article tells of how plans for an irrigation project in Owens Valley gave way to plans for an aqueduct to Los...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Business enterprises; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Judges; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); School districts; Trials; Water usage
News article reports that the court trial of Bishop business enterprises versus the City of Los Angeles will commence on Monday. Article includes a list of disgruntled business owners and other groups such as two school districts. The people of...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Architecture--Mutilation, defacement, etc.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Damages; Governors; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Bottom half of a longer article describes the damage done to the Los Angeles Aqueduct after destruction by protesters in Inyo County. The article argues that citizens of the area believe that they must resort to violence as they feel unable to...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Protest movements
Fourth part in a series of articles on Owens Valley citizens describes the landscape of Bishop in Owens Valley. Article asserts that the fate of the towns of Big Pine and Independence may soon come to Bishop, but that its residents will put up a...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Protest movements; Ranchers
Photographs with news article paint a detailed picture of life within the camps of Owens Valley residents at the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The residents guard a gate on the aqueduct in protest. Article gives names of people and describes the community...
Aqueducts; Aqueducts California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Real property; Valuation
The City of Los Angeles has increased its offer for the towns of Big Pine, Bishop, Independence, Lone Pine, and Laws to roughly 5.6 million. The article reports that this sum should settle the matter between the Owens Valley towns and the City of...
State government publications-California; California. Division of Water Resources; Water-supply; Sacramento County (Calif.); Sacramento River (Calif.); San Joaquin County (Calif.); San Joaquin River (Calif.); Water-supply-California
Table of contents:
Acknowledgment,
Organization,
Advisory committee,
Personnel of local water users committee (season of 1939),
Chapter I,
Chapter II,
Chapter III,
Chapter IV,
Chapter V,
Chapter VI,
Chapter VII,
List of tables
