San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Records

1946-1990


Descriptive Summary

Title: San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Records
Dates: 1946-1990
Collection Number: 2006-58
Creator/Collector: San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
Extent: 1.5 linear feet
Repository: History San Jose Research Library
Abstract: Records of the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant in Alviso, California, including documentation regarding the transfer of Zanker House to History Park in San Jose, California.
Language of Material: English

Access

Records are open to the public by appointment with the Curator of Library and Archives

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Preferred Citation

San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Records. History San Jose Research Library

Acquisition Information

Donated to History San Jose in 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

Records of the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant in Alviso, California. Includes: (1) 8mm. film; (4) Videotapes; (1) Notebook of a slide presentation on the plant; (4) Folders and envelopes of photographs; (1) Spiral-bound volume: Contract drawings for plant additions 1960-1; (1) Bound volume: City of San Jose Sewage Treatment Study, 1958-1959; (1) Bound volume: Report upon the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage...1946; (1) Spiral bound volume: Treatment & Disposal of the Sewage and Industrial wastes...1959; (1) Folder of materials on Zanker house; (2) Guest books from Zanker House dedication ceremony; (1) Envelope of photos from Zanker House dedication ceremony; (1) Report: SJ/SC Water Pollution Control Plant, April 1964; (1) Bundle of photos and slides of plant construction; (14) Annual Reports, 1965-1977; (1) report on Waste Water Salvage Project... 1931; (1) Report: A plan to eliminate the waste in water pollution control; (1) Campaign Report on Measure A, 1968; (1) Revised operating procedure data: Pacific Flush Tank Co.; (1) Report: Proposed sewage treatment facilities...1959; (25) pamphlets, brochures, clippings, and ephemeral items relating to sewage treatment plant; (1) Metal plaque for treatment plant; (1) Bundle, newspaper clippings about the plant; (1) Large metal plaque: "Bioassay Laboratory"; (4) architectural renderings and schematics of plant; (5) Oversized aerial photographs of plant.

Indexing Terms

Water treatment plants
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
Alviso (Calif.)
San Jose (Calif.)
Santa Clara (Calif.)

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