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Hetch-Hetchy Water Supply for San Francisco 1912
Hetch-Hetchy Water Supply for San Francisco 1912
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Heading: (California - Hetch-Hetchy)
Author: Freeman, John Ripley
Title: On the Proposed Use of a Portion of the Hetch Hetchy, Eleanor, and Cherry Valleys within and near to the boundaries of the Stanislaus U.S. National Forest Reserve and the Yosemite National Park as Reservoirs for Impounding Tuolumne River Flood Waters and Appurtenant Works for the Water Supply of San Francisco, California and Neighboring Cities
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:By Authority of the Board of Supervisors
Date Published: 1912
Description:

401, [1] blank, lxv pp. Two frontispiece photographs of relief maps, one folding; many photographic plates and illustrations, maps, diagrams, etc. (Small folio) red cloth stamped in black with seal of the City & County of San Francisco on front cover. First Edition

This extraordinarily detailed presentation is the major documentation in support of drowning the magnificent Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park for the enrichment of PG&E and numerous California tycoons. Rocq 9436.

Condition
Fading to spine and lower half of front cover; hinges cracked, map facing pg 276 torn; overall good.
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Hetch-Hetchy Water Supply for San Francisco 1912

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