Owens River (Calif.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles H. Lee papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: WRCA-071
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection contains reports, correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, clippings, etc., pertaining to projects in hydraulics, sanitation, irrigation, municipal water supply, surface water and groundwater hydrology, and soil in California and other Western states, particularly for the City of Los Angeles regarding water supply from the Owens Valley.
Dates:
1905-1959
Found in:
Water Resources Collections & Archives
Charles H. Lee photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS-99/1
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection of 3 x 5.5-in. black-and-white photographic prints taken by Charles H. Lee, covering a wide range of water resources development projects in California and New Mexico in which Lee was involved. Major projects documented include the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, construction of various dams and reservoirs in San Diego County and other Southern California locations, water development in Inyo County and Mono County, and construction of Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico....
Dates:
1905-1959; Majority of material found within 1905-1938
Found in:
Water Resources Collections & Archives
Lower Owens River Project collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WRCA-004
Abstract
The collection consists of materials related to the Lower Owens River Project,a large river restoration project meant to restore the 62 mile long stretch of the Owens river and floodplain that had dried after the river was diverted into the Los Angeles aqueduct in 1913.
Dates:
circa 2006
Found in:
Water Resources Collections & Archives