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Los Angeles County Flood Control District Los Angeles, California : report of S.M. Fisher chief engineer of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District on control and conservation of flood, storm or other waste waters of the District
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Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Manuscripts
The collection deals primarily with the professional and personal activities of Samuel Brooks Morris, a civil engineer of note in Southern California who was most active from the 1930s into the early 1960s. The collection deals with local (Pasadena and Los Angeles), state and national engineering concerns, largely related to water reclamation, dams, hydrogeology, water litigation, and a wide range of related technical publications. The material consists of a highly diverse mix of manuscripts and printed materials, including correspondence, maps, notes, charts, fliers, and brochures, often interspersed within each folder. The correspondence is primarly to and from colleagues, but also includes discusion with government officials at all levels from local to national. The collection includes a small number of photographs, located in appropriate sections of the collection by subject.
mssMorris, Samuel papers
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Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Manuscripts
The collection deals primarily with the professional and personal activities of Samuel Brooks Morris, a civil engineer of note in Southern California who was most active from the 1930s into the early 1960s. The collection deals with local (Pasadena and Los Angeles), state and national engineering concerns, largely related to water reclamation, dams, hydrogeology, water litigation, and a wide range of related technical publications. The material consists of a highly diverse mix of manuscripts and printed materials, including correspondence, maps, notes, charts, fliers, and brochures, often interspersed within each folder. The correspondence is primarly to and from colleagues, but also includes discusion with government officials at all levels from local to national. The collection includes a small number of photographs, located in appropriate sections of the collection by subject.
mssMorris, Samuel papers
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Los Angeles County Flood Control District papers
Manuscripts
Collection of correspondence and reports related to Frank E. Trask's work with water resource and flood control projects in Southern California from 1931 to 1936. Topics covered include the Los Angeles County Flood Control District's 1927-1931 comprehensive flood control plan, which included the creation of permanent flood channels, reservoirs, and debris basins throughout Los Angeles County; the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct, which was funded by a $220,000,000 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California bond in 1931; and the funding for various flood control and water resource projects in Southern California from the Fulmer Act (of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration) and the Clarke-McNary Fund. In addition to Trask, notable correspondents include C.H. Howell (Chief Engineer for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District), Senator Hiram Johnson, Senator William G. McAdoo, John Anson Ford, and George Harris Collingwood (American Forestry Association). Also includes correspondence relating to the Municipal League of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the National Recovery Administration, the Santa Monica Mountains Fire Prevention Association, the Venice Flood Relief Association, the American Forestry Association, and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
mssHM 73000-73025
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"A Report Upon The Potential Of Sewage Now Wasting To the Ocean In Los Angeles County" by H. E. Hedger, Chief Engineer, County Flood Control District
Manuscripts
The collection deals primarily with the professional and personal activities of Samuel Brooks Morris, a civil engineer of note in Southern California who was most active from the 1930s into the early 1960s. The collection deals with local (Pasadena and Los Angeles), state and national engineering concerns, largely related to water reclamation, dams, hydrogeology, water litigation, and a wide range of related technical publications. The material consists of a highly diverse mix of manuscripts and printed materials, including correspondence, maps, notes, charts, fliers, and brochures, often interspersed within each folder. The correspondence is primarly to and from colleagues, but also includes discusion with government officials at all levels from local to national. The collection includes a small number of photographs, located in appropriate sections of the collection by subject.
mssMorris, Samuel papers
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Tentative report to the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Manuscripts
The report, written by J. W. Reagan, Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, was presented to the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, February 7, 1924. The report covers the work previously done to prevent flooding in southern California; precipitation data; past floods in southern California; plans for conservation of water; the Los Angeles water supply; and future plans for flood control. The report chiefly deals with floods caused by the Los Angeles River and the San Gabriel River. Also included with the report is a list of cost estimates for the proposed flood control work and twenty pullout maps.
mssHM 66799
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Los Angeles County flood control district map (Little Dalton Wash)
Manuscripts
Consists of three maps (P.L. 16); 2 of 9, 3 of 9, and 5 of 9 surveyed by J.W. Reagan. Blueprint.
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