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Report on safety of water supply dams and reservoirs of the city of Los Angeles
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Reports on plague in Los Angeles
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This report was compiled by the California State Board of Health on order of Los Angeles Mayor George E. Cryer. It reports on cases of plague in Los Angeles from November 1924 to June 1925. It contains details on individual cases including autopsies, reports from Los Angeles hospitals about cases of plague, animal trapping and poisoning information, medical inspections, and eradication and disinfection efforts. The report also contains several illustrations, black and white photographs and maps. The report includes a table of contents, a preliminary report on bubonic cases, an appendix on rodent plague, Lenert's Report on Harbor District, a Final Report and a copy of Ordinance No. 50,282, "providing sanitary regulations for the protection of public health in the City of Los Angeles." There are copies of letters by Mayor Cryer and the California State Board of Health Secretary and Executive Officer, Dr. Walter M. Dickie. The volume was a gift from Dr. Allen F. Gillihan to the Los Angeles County Medical Association in January 1926.
mssHM 72874
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General Distribution Plan for the Los Angeles City Water Supply showing source of supply, main conduits, reservoirs and pipe system
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A blueprint copy of a colored map. Map shows existing and proposed system. Sources at base of Cahuenga Mountains (Griffith Park Equestrian Center) and Crystal Springs (opposite current Crystal Springs Picnic area in Griffith Park). Shows existing 44 inch steel pipe supply conduit and proposed 60 inch diameter brick lined parallel conduit. Glendale City to the north, Arlington Ave. to the west, Lorena Street to the east, Slauson Ave. to the south. Locates all fire hydrants in the city. Probably a reduced size map from the original. "Los Angeles Mar. 1897. To accompany report of J. H. Dockweiler City Engineer." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blueline print. Verso Text: MS notes: Property of S. B. Reeve 130 58 .
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"Water and Power, 60th Annual Report" Board of Water commissioners, City of Los Angeles
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
Map of Molino Cañon showing location of pipelines, reservoirs, etc. / surveyed by Fred Eaton
Manuscripts
Depicts the dams, pipelines, reservoirs, and fences surrounding the property. Color. One of three hand-drawn survey maps representing a San Marino, California property as purchased and developed by Edward L. Mayberry (1834-1902) between 1880 and 1900. One of the two maps used as evidence in an 1895 lawsuit over water rights between Mayberry and the Alhambra Addition Water Company. The other map used in the lawsuit is mssHM 83404c, dated 1894. The three maps document the remnants of the Molino Canyon mission water system, agricultural activity in San Marino before 20th-century residential subdividing, and evidence of the area before Henry Huntington purchased a large portion of it.
mssHM 83404b
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Report on municipal water system for the city of Covina, California
Manuscripts
Frank E. Trask's report on water resources in Covina, California, and his recommendation that a municipal water system be established for the city. Includes a detailed examination of the water supply needed for different areas of the city, as well as a thorough analysis of potential water resources and their costs. Also includes three maps of Covina (c.1915).
mssHM 72997
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"Water and Power, 58th Annual Report, Board of Water and Power Commissioners, City of Los Angeles."
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