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Title
Query: Are these two aqueducts the largest in the world?
Creator
Federal Writers' Project
Lapan
Date Created and/or Issued
1939-03-17
March 17, 1939
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Federal Writers' Project of California records, 1930-1942
Rights Information
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description
This material was digitized and described as part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct Digital Platform project. The project was generously funded by Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio in celebration of the Aqueduct’s centennial on November 5, 2013.
Notes query whether the two California aqueducts are the largest in the world. Compares to projects in NY, San Francisco, lower Ganges River, and Manchester, England. Provides amounts in gallons per day as comparisons.
Type

Identifier
LSC_306_b163_f11_002
ark:/21198/z1rr85f7
Federal Writers' Project of California records (Collection number: 306)
Subject
Construction projects
Water resources development
Source
Federal Writers' Project of California records, 1930-1942

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