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Title: California's stake in the Colorado River
Creator: Colorado River Board of California
Matthew, Raymond
Date Created and/or Issued: 1961
Publication Information: Colorado River Board of California
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: California Water Documents
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Rights Holder and Contact: Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room at the Ontario City Library at 909-395-2206 or localhistory@ontarioca.gov.
Description: This brochure outlines the importance of the Colorado River project for California's development. This project is associated with the Hoover Dam, occasionally referred to as the Boulder Canyon Dam or Boulder Canyon Project. The brochure discusses the Colorado River, the Imperial Valley, the Coachella Valley, irrigation, flood control, water rights, and other topics. It also includes a map of the Colorado River Basin. The brochure denotes that it is the fifth revision, eleventh printing.
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: ont00022.pdf
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/4938
Language: English
Subject: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.)
Irrigation
Maps
Water rights
Place: Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.): 36.0157617
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.): -114.73766749999999
Source: Brochure, 17 scanned pages: Model Colony Clipping Files, Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
Relation: Model Colony Clipping Files
California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd

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