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Dams -- California

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

John Debo Galloway papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-039
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, photographs, and miscellaneous material, relating to various bridges, dams, water supply systems, and hydroelectric power installations in California, including the Hetch Hetchy Project, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and to electrical distribution systems in California and British Columbia.

Dates: 1905-1940; Majority of material found within 1920-1940

Walter L. Huber papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-044
Abstract

Materials from Walter L. Huber related to water infrastructure in California and the western United States. Materials include reports, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1910-1953

Joseph Barlow Lippincott papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-052
Abstract Correspondence, reports, documents, news clippings, and several descriptive photograph albums, pertaining to projects on dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, and other water supply works, groundwater and streamflow, in California, in particular for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and in Arizona and other Western States. Collection described in: Water Resources Reports and Papers in the J. B. Lippincott Collection,compiled by Gerald J. Giefer and...
Dates: 1882-1942

James Dix Schuyler papers

 Collection
Identifier: WRCA-063
Abstract

The James Dix Schuyler Papers consist of unpublished reports, correspondence, and other documents. The reports cover Schuyler's work as a consulting engineer in the Western U.S., Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico. Photographs are included in many reports and they depict public buildings, private residences, street scenes, and landscapes along with images of dams, canals, and other hydraulic structures.

Dates: 1886-1912; Majority of material found within 1896-1907