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Childhood and early schooling in Los Angeles and Chicago; stepfather's investigations of water resources in Pomona area, 1904; further education in ground water measurement; involvement in formation of Pomona Valley Protective Association; association's litigation with San Antonio Water Company; water resource studies of Cucamonga area, 1925; studies of Raymond Basin in Pasadena-Arcadia area in mid-1930s; manager of San Dimas Water Company, 1941; role in construction of San Gabriel Dam after 1938 flood; activities in campaign for 1950 annexation of Pomona Valley to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Shoemaker, Ralph J. (Ralph Joseph), 1906- Palomares family California. Department of Water Resources Flood control--California, Southern Irrigation--California--Pomona Valley Water districts--California, Southern Water resources development--California, Southern Water rights--California, Southern Groundwater--California, Southern Oral history transcript
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