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Struggle for water in Owens Valley

Claremont Colleges Digital Library

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Title Struggle for water in Owens Valley
Creator Kunze, C. E.; San Francisco Call
Subject Aqueducts; Aqueducts--California; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Irrigation; Irrigation--California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mountains; Photographs
Coverage Big Pine (Calif.); Inyo County (Calif.); Los Angeles (Calif.); Owens Valley (Calif.); San Fernando Valley (Calif.); Whitney, Mount (Calif.)
Description 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 Angeles. Article also mentions the reaction of Owens Valley citizens to the news that the San Fernando Valley receives irrigation water from the aqueduct as well. In second section of article, a water feud between Los Angeles and the San Fernando...
Publisher Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date 1924-04-22
Language eng
Source Newspaper clipping, 14.98 x 10.13, 4.13 x 7.66 inches, 2 scanned pages: Owens Valley Collection, Water Resources Collection, box 1, folder 14, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Relation Owens Valley Collection California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd
Rights The Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Type Text; Image
Format image/jp2
Identifier cwd00178 http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/2700

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