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Title: Studies of the areas of origin talk, 1956-09-21
Creator: Morris, Samuel B. (Samuel Brooks), 1890-1962
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956-09-21
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: California Water Documents
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Rights Holder and Contact: Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: A 1956 15-minute talk given by Samuel B. Morris, consulting engineer of Los Angeles, before the North Coast Council California State Chamber of Commerce which discusses the water usage of the Feather River Project among other projects, specifically water that originates from the Colorado River. He then elaborates on the role of areas of origin and deficiency in these projects, and recounts the history of California water rights in the first half of the 20th century.
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: cwd00558.pdf
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/13982
Language: English
Subject: Speeches, addresses, etc
Feather River Project (Calif.)
Water use
Water rights
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Place: California
California: 36.778261
California: -119.41793239999998
Source: Typescript, 8 scanned pages: Jeffry Joseph Prendergast Papers, Box 2, Folder 3, Honnold Mudd Library, Special Collections.
Relation: Jeffry Joseph Prendergast Papers
California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd

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