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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Report on municipal water system for the city of Covina, California
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This report, which was compiled by the Engineering Department of the Bureau of Water Works & Supply, was presented to the mayor and city council of Los Angeles by A. J. Wiley, F. C. Herrmann, and Charles H. Paul. The report is an investigation into the safety of water reservoirs and dams in Los Angeles. It includes a survey and map of 29 different reservoirs and dams throughout the city. The report also includes an appendix by F. L. Ransome regarding the geological conditions at the Mulholland Dam; the appendix includes a map and photographs.
mssHM 66753
Visual Materials
[Men reviewing zoning maps for the City of West Covina] [with 7 variants]
photCL SCE 06 - 72740
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Manuscripts
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.
mssHM 64285
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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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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