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I. Ford copies of reports on the water resources of the Singleton Ranch, Riverside County, Cal

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Description
Typed office copy dated January 12, 1912, of a 1909-1910 report submitted to J.J. Suess and R. Holtby Myers by I. Ford, F.C. Finkle, and George Robertson. The multi-part report includes Robertson's description of springs on the Singleton Ranch in Yucaipa, California, including two colored pencil drawings of a fissure spring and the "Hill-Side Spring;" Ford's examination of water resources on the Singleton Ranch, including descriptions of the land, dairy ranch buildings, water storage and supply, the physical descriptions and costs of potential reservoir sites, and the agricultural possibilities of the area; and F.C. Finkle's review of Ford's work on the water supply of the Singleton Ranch and the Frink Ranch in San Mateo Canyon, Riverside, California. Included with Finkle's report are four topographic maps of reservoirs on the Frink and Singleton Ranches, as surveyed by Finkle in March and December 1909.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1912, January 12.
Call number
mssHM 64285
Creator
Ford, I(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from D. Lawyer, February 25, 1948.
Associated people
Finkle, F. C.
Myers, R. Holtby,
Robertson, George.
Suess, J. J.,
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