Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Man at left may be Frank E. Weymouth, chief engineer, Metropolitan Water District Two men in suits, ties, and hats, standing near small locomotive marked 9150 A.T. & S.F., in dirt area with tower and trees in background Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, January 2, 1934, "The World’s Largest Aqueduct." … The main aqueduct which will bring Colorado River water to the coastal plain will be 241 miles long … In order to divert the water from the river, the District will build its own diversion dam on the river 155 miles below Hoover Dam, near Parker, Ariz. In 1934, with plans in place for United States Reclamation Service and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to build Parker Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and California, Arizona governor Benjamin B. Moeur protested the diversion of water to California by sending members of the Arizona National Guard to the dam construction site. A local ferry service also participated under the informal name of the Arizona Navy. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: (unidentified)
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uclamss_1429_0523 0523 ark:/21198/zz002d9t58
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Transportation Parker Dam (Ariz. and Calif.) Weymouth, F. E. (Frank Elwin), 1874-1941
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