Container List

[San Diego history - folder containing materials regarding early development of water resources; Mexican land titles; Mission San Diego agricultural results, etc.] 1921-28.

Water question [scrapbook of newspaper clippings, San Diego Common Council and Chamber of Commerce resolutions, correspondence, etc., regarding city negotiations and planning for increased water supply.] 1917-18.

[City of San Diego Municipal Water System - folder containing reports, correspondence, charts, maps, etc., regarding quantities and cost of water supplied, supply sources, impounding features, carrying system, service areas, future development; and a plan by H.N. Savage proposing a metropolitan district water commission, etc.] 1915-45.

[City of San Diego Municipal Water System - folder containing miscellaneous photographs of the carrying system, various dams and reservoirs, etc.] 1901-44.

Savage, Hiram Newton

City of San Diego, California, Board of Water Commissioners, Municipal Water System: Additional water supply, hydraulic and engineering data, statistics and reports. March 17, 1921.

San Diego (City), Calif. Department of Water.

Impounding system - physical valuation. [n.d.]

San Diego (City), Calif. Department of Water.

Statement of receipts and expenditures compiled for the Railway Commission from the date of taking over the impounding system, February 1, 1913 to November 1, 1913. [n.d.]

[Dams and reservoirs in San Diego County - folder containing hydrographs, charts and tables reporting area, capacity, contour, inflow, runoff, spillway waste, evaporation, etc., of various dams and reservoirs for various seasons.] 1883-1946.

San Diego (City), Calif. Operating Department.

Reservoir lands. 1934-50.

[Rainfall, runoff, streamflow, evaporation - folder containing charts, tables, correspondence, etc., for various rivers and watersheds primarily in San Diego County.] 1805-1930.

[Rainfall, runoff, streamflow, evaporation - folder containing charts, tables, correspondence, etc., for various rivers and watersheds primarily in San Diego County.] 1901-44.

[Water consumption, City of San Diego - folder containing charts and tables reporting water consumption.] 1894-1943.

[Municipal bond campaigns for additional water development, City of San Diego - folder containing materials regarding publicity facts and policies for municipal bond campaigns, future water requirements and water development.] 1928-29.

Savage, Hiram Newton

Water supply works, domestic and irrigation: official up-state visit and inspection. October 4-10, 1921.

[Water rates, California - folder containing tables of water rates in various counties and districts of California.] 1918-47.

San Diego (City), Calif. Operating Department.

Right of way record of pipe lines and conduits of the San Diego Municipal Water System, San Diego County, California. 1915-16.

[Lower Otay Reservoir to San Diego pipeline - folder containing photographs, maps, profile, reports, etc., regarding construction, tunnel linings, etc.] 1900-30.

[Bonita Pipeline - bound profile of the pipeline.] 1915.

[Dulzura Creek/conduit - folder containing maps, photographs, and the deed transferring rights to the City of San Diego.] 1921-30.

[El Capitan pipeline - folder containing profile of the pipeline as constructed.] 1927.

[Escondido Mutual Water Company - folder containing brochure and photographs of the company's impounding features and carrying system.] 1923-37.

[Volcan Land and Water Company/ San Diego County Water Company - folder containing correspondence, a newspaper clipping, etc., regarding water sale agreement between City and companies.] 1922.

[Southern California Mountain Water Company - folder containing maps of Chollas Heights and Bear Canyon Reservoirs.] 1895-1907.

La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irrigation District, Calif.

Plans and specifications for the construction of the Homelands Reservoir. 1948.

[Whispering Pines Estates - folder containing correspondence and reports regarding availability of water, water supply distribution works, lot size, layout of roads and lots, etc.] 1928-29.

[City of Tia Juana water system - envelope containing correspondence regarding the existing system and design and planning for a modernized system.] 1930.

[Miscellaneous California State Legislature documents - folder containing bills and correspondence regarding regulation of the construction of dams for public safety and the granting of certain tide and submerged lands to the City of San Diego.] 1929-31.

[Miscellaneous Federal documents - folder containing bills, reports, maps, list of Bureau of Reclamation publications, etc., regarding the sale of Indian lands, grant of rights of way to San Diego over government lands for conservation and storage of water, jurisdiction over the Kings River, an impending emergency in the water supply of San Diego County, etc.] 1914-44.

American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on Proposed State Legislation on Design and Construction of Dams.

[Volume containing correspondence, reports, bills, etc.] 1928-29.

[Hydraulic engineer's filing cabinet and boxes: indices - folder containing index to filing cabinet and index to filing boxes.] 1931-35.

Savage, Hiram Newton

[Personal correspondence - folder containing correspondence, notes, photographs regarding various subjects including the City of San Diego's water supply planning between the periods of Mr. Savage's employment as Hydraulic Engineer and his reappointment.] 1921-32.

Savage, Hiram Newton

Ellen Browning Scripps bathing pool for children at La Jolla, California - feature history. March 1931.

[Miscellany - folder containing reports, correspondence, maps, clippings, photographs regarding weather forecasting, summation of crop data for Imperial Irrigation District, footage of steel pipe in use in the U.S., etc.] 1929-51.

Hydraulic Institute, New York, N.Y. Standards Committee Deep Well Turbine Section.

Code for the measurement of water using standard ISA orifices with free discharge. 1941.

[Lower Otay Dam - folder containing correspondence, reports, maps, ordinances, etc., regarding the building and rebuilding of dam, spillway, and outlet tower.] 1915-22.

[Lower Otay Dam - folder containing photographs of the original structure and the construction to extend and enlarge the original structure.] 1900-27.

[Lower Otay Dam - folder containing newspaper clippings regarding City of San Diego's suspending contract with builder of the dam, resumption of construction work, completion and filling of dam, etc.] 1917-1919.

[Barrett Dam - folder containing reports from H.N. Savage, Hydraulic Engineer, to the Common Council of the City of San Diego, regarding optimum design and location of dam, cost and length of time to build dam, etc.] 1906-20.

[Barrett Dam - folder containing reports from the Hydraulic Engineer to the San Diego Common Council regarding progress in the construction of Barrett Dam.] June 1920 - March 1921.

[Barrett Dam - folder containing reports from the Hydraulic Engineer to the San Diego Common Council regarding progress in construction of Barrett Dam, including materials regarding a special bond election.] April 1921 - June 1932.

[Barrett Dam - folder containing photographs of construction.] 1900-27.

[Marron Reservoir Basin lands - folder containing a detail of the rights of way for the Marron Reservoir Basin lands.] 1932.

[Morena Dam - folder containing reports and correspondence regarding dam design, capacity, construction, rights of way, etc.] 1921-32.

San Diego (City), Calif. Water Development Department.

Notice inviting bids, proposals, drawings and specifications - Morena Reservoir Dam and spillway and safe duty enlargement. March 17, 1930.

[Morena Dam - folder containing photographs of dam construction and completed dam.] 1916-31.

[San Diego River water rights - folder containing proceedings of the San Diego Common Council; San Diego Flume Company organization papers and water contracts; lists of water rights; survey of river and watershed for water storage facility siting, etc.] 1850-1912.

[San Diego River water rights - folder containing brief history of the San Diego Flume Company and its purchase by the Cuyamaca Water Company; description of various Cuyamaca Water Company contracts; schedule of property and rights to be conveyed in the sale of the Company to the City of San Diego; the California Railroad Commission's valuation of same, including exhibits, etc.] 1911-22.

[San Diego River water rights - folder containing miscellaneous exhibits of the City of San Diego describing the Cuyamaca water system and its value as presented to the California Railroad Commission in the matter of the condemnation of the Cuyamaca system.] 1915?

[San Diego River water rights - folder containing documents pertaining to Cuyamaca Water Company's application to the California Railroad Commission for permission to increase water rates including assessments of the Cuyamaca Water Company's system; the agreement and lease between the City and the Water Company for the sale of water to the City, etc.] 1916-21.

[San Diego River water rights - folder containing documents pertaining to the Cuyamaca Water Company's application to the California Railroad Commission for permission to increase water rates; documents pertinent to establishing ownership of the waters in the San Diego River, etc.] 1922-24.

[San Diego River water rights - folder containing reports regarding the condition and value of the Cuyamaca Water Company's properties, tabulations of yearly diversions and consumption; documents relating to the San Diego River case, (City of San Diego vs. Cuyamaca Water Company, in Superior Court, San Diego County); easements for rights of way to the City of San Diego through the lands of Ed Fletcher, and Cuyamaca Water Company; documents regarding the option given to the La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Spring Valley Irrigation District by the Cuyamaca Water Company, etc.] 1925-30.

[San Diego River water rights - folder containing the paramount water rights case and the rehearing as heard by the California Supreme Court in which the City of San Diego claimed the prior and paramount right to the use of all the waters of the San Diego River; a resolution by La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irrigation District regarding the relative claims of the City of San Diego and the District to development and use of the river water; tabulation of diversion from the river and actual consumption, etc.] 1930.

[San Diego River Basin resources: additional water supply investigations - folder containing reports, photographs, clippings, drawings, maps relating to the proposed development of the river including site surveys, results of test borings, water rights, costs of construction, controversy over the proposed sites; discussion of the proposed purchase of water from the Vulcan Land and Water Company as an alternative to development; City of San Diego water consumption statistics, etc.] 1921-24.

Freeman, John R

[Material regarding Mr. Freeman as consultant on San Diego River development - folder containing correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, maps, charts comparing various features of the proposed dams; his recommendations, etc.] 1923-32.

[San Diego River-El Capitan condemnation case - envelope containing court cases resulting in the condemnation of the lands upon which the City of San Diego proposed to build the El Capitan dam and establishing the value of said lands.] 1922-31.

[San Diego River Project: El Capitan Dam - folder containing reports, correspondence, maps, clippings, articles regarding the act of Congress granting Indian lands at El Capitan and the City of San Diego's paramount right to use of the river water; discussion of the necessity of the City's proceeding to acquire Indian reservation lands; siting of the dam; versions of a suggested agreement between the City and La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Spring Valley Irrigation District regarding the City's flooding district lands; the City's Notice inviting bids, proposals, drawings, and specifications; the construction and completion of the dam, etc.] 1923-35.

San Diego (City), Calif. Bureau of Water Development.

Notice inviting bids, proposal, drawings, and specifications, El Capitan Reservoir Dam, spillway and outlet works... 1932.

[San Diego River: Mission Valley, Lakeside, Riverview Pump areas - folder including maps indicating location of wells, photographs, etc.] 1918-29.

[San Dieguito River development - folder containing a report, photographs, correspondence regarding the capacity of Lake Hodges Dam and considering the estimated yield of future developments, etc.] 1900-29.

[San Dieguito Project - folder containing photographs, charts, reports, drawings, correspondence, etc., regarding Lake Hodges Dam and recommended bracing, estimated revenue from the San Dieguito system, San Dieguito Dam and recommended outtressing, etc.] 1917-33.

[San Dieguito Project - folder containing reports, drawings, correspondence, etc., regarding Lake Hodges and San Dieguito Dam strengthening operations, financing of repair work, etc.] 1934-47.

[San Dieguito Water Company: lease and option purchase agreement - folder containing the lease and option to purchase agreement between San Dieguito Water Company and the City of San Diego.] 1925.

[San Dieguito River: Sutherland Dam - folder containing materials regarding the Sutherland Bond Issue, specifications for construction, progress and financial status of construction work, including reports, correspondence, photographs, etc.] 1926-29.

San Diego (City), Calif. Operating Department.

Proposal and specifications for the construction of Sutherland Dam and Spillway, outlet works and road on Santa Ysabel Creek. 1927.

[San Luis Rey River: Henshaw Dam - folder containing photographs; a letter from the San Diego County Water Company regarding the reinforced concrete slab on the dam face; and statement as to the authority of San Diego County to tax water impounded in the dam as personal property.] 1922-31.

[San Luis Rey River - folder containing miscellaneous photographs of various features of the Escondido Irrigation District water system and aspects of the river, etc.] 1900-02.

[Sweetwater River: Sweetwater Dam and Reservoir - folder containing reports, clippings and correspondence regarding the enlargement and repair of the Sweetwater Reservoir structures and the Sweetwater Water Corporation's system.] 1911-45.

[Sweetwater River: Sweetwater Dam and Reservoir - folder containing photographs of the dam failure in the flood of 1916 and its reconstruction; drawings of temporary structures, betterments, extensions; topographic drawings, tables of gage heights, etc.] 1904-22.

[Los Angeles Aqueduct - folder containing maps and an article.] 1908-31.

[City of San Diego investigations: All-American Canal/Boulder Canyon Project - folder of reports, correspondence, clippings, and photographs regarding the effect of the canal and project on San Diego's water supply, amount of water potentially available, allocation, utilization, etc.] 1919-36.

[Boulder Canyon Project Act - folder containing reports, speeches, excerpts from hearings, briefs, discussing the act; the problems of the Imperial Valley; the project - its development and plan, location of the dam, ownership, development and control of the power plant, etc.] 1921-30.

[Water and Power Act - folder containing campaign material regarding the act by which the issuance of State bonds for hydroelectric development would have been authorized. 1924. ]

[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power - folder containing brochures and pamphlets regarding municipal water and power rates, water sanitation, Department assets and liabilities, proposed development and expansion of the City's water system, etc.] 1926-31.

[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power - folder containing promotional materials urging voters to approve water and power bond issues for increasing or assuring the City's future supply of water and power from Boulder Dam and the Owens Valley; proposed amendments to the City's charter regarding financing for public works, etc.] 1929-30.

[All American Canal maps - folder containing maps including maps of lands in Imperial and Coachella Valleys that could be irrigated with the canal system; various features of the canal system conducting water into San Diego County and a hydrograph of the Colorado River.] 1929-35.

[Boulder Canyon Project - folder containing photographs and lithographs of drawings of Hoover and Parker Dams.] 1932.

[Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: Colorado River Aqueduct - folder of informational materials regarding the design, financing, construction, distribution system, etc.] 1936-44.

[California vs. Arizona - folder of material including clippings, correspondence and reports on meetings of various associations regarding Colorado River water use and water rights, negotiations between states, Congressional action, etc.] 1947-50.

[East Bay Municipal Utility District - folder of material regarding the original organization of the district; transmission, treatment and distribution of water to water service areas, etc.] 1928-31.

[Miscellaneous maps, San Diego County - folder containing U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps of various quadrangles and a sketch map of proposed improved highways.] 1908-28.

[Miscellaneous maps, California - folder containing a map of the State showing the principle factors in the water supply and a topographic map of Southern California, etc.] 1900-49.

[Big Bear Valley Dam - folder containing correspondence and photographs regarding the design, construction, leaking and reinforcement of the multiple arch dam.] 1924-31.

[Calaveras Dam - folder containing photographs showing construction of the dam and data on height, capacity, slopes, etc.] 1918-30.

[Don Pedro Reservoir - folder containing material regarding dam construction and costs, design, water rights, power development, borings, etc.] 1918-20.

[Exchequer Dam and power house - folder containing photographs of the construction of the dam and power house.] 1921-26.

[Gibraltar Dam - folder containing specifications for the construction of the dam and photographs of the site, dam construction and diversion works.] 1918-19.

Santa Barbara, Calif. Board of Water Commissioners. Water Works System Fund.

Advertisement, proposal, specifications and drawings for the construction of Gibraltar Dam and accessories. 1918.

[Los Angeles County flood control dams - folder containing photographs of Hansen Dam construction, information regarding construction costs, dimensions, and safety of various dams.] 1922-33.

[Scott Dam - folder containing drawings of the dam, contraction joints, diversion walls, etc.; and photographs of the dam site and construction.] 1919-23.

[California dams - folder containing photographs of various dams in California including Hemet Dam, Copay Dam, Lafayette Dam.] 1923.

[Big Creek Project - folder containing maps showing the Southern California Edison Company's planned development of the San Joaquin River with emphasis on the Big Creek Project.] 1921-22.

[Central Valley Project - folder containing maps of the Central Valley Project.] 1934-38.

[Hetch Hetchy Project - folder containing articles and tables regarding project expenditures, comparison of bids, and construction progress, including maps and photographs.] 1917-23.

[Mokelumne River Project - folder containing drawings, articles, photographs, etc., regarding the construction of various features of the project, primarily Pardee Dam.] 1927-31.

[Upper Salmon Falls Power Plant, Idaho - folder containing drawings of the siphon wasteway and abutment.] 1913.

[Coolidge Dam, Arizona - folder containing the advertisement, proposal, specifications, drawings, and photographs of dam construction.] 1926-28.

[Seminoe Dam, Wyoming - envelope containing photographs of the construction of the dam.] 1939.

[Dams and reservoirs, U.S. - folder containing comparisons of the features and failures of various dams in the United States.] 1889-1932.

[Boise Project, Idaho (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing drawings of various features of the Arrowrock Dam.] 1913-15.

[Minidoka Project, Idaho (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing drawings of various features of the project.] 1905-07.

[Blackfeet Project, Montana (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing drawings of the project and of the Lower Two Medicine Lake Dam.] 1911-12.

[Flathead Project, Montana (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing a drawing and photographs of the project.] 1912.

[Fort Peck Project, Montana (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing a drawing of the project.] 1912.

[Huntley Project, Montana (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing a drawing of the project distributing system.] 1907.

[Mick River Project, Montana (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing correspondence and drawings of the project and details of its various features.] 1911-14.

[Sun River Project, Montana (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing drawings of various features of the project.] 1912-14.

[North Platte Project, Nebraska-Wyoming (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing a drawing of the general plan and details of the Horse Creek Diversion Dam.] 1929.

[Rio Grande Project, New Mexico-Texas (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing drawings of the Elephant Butte Dam.] 1919.

[Shoshone Project, Wyoming (U.S. Reclamation Service) - folder containing drawings of various features of the project and the advertisement, proposal, and specifications for Corbett Dam.] 1909-12.

[Snake River: U.S. Reclamation Service projects - folder containing a map of the Snake River and the areas under existing and proposed U.S. irrigation projects, including storage reservoirs and reservoir sites.] 1909.

[U.S. Reclamation Service, Northern Division projects - folder containing tables, charts, correspondence, reports, contracts, etc., regarding various projects in the Northern Division and the status of irrigable lands.] 1911-26.

[U.S. Reclamation Service, Northern Division: precipitation and geography - folder containing maps, tables and charts regarding the precipitation and geography of the Northern Division.] 1912-24.

[U.S. Reclamation Service, Northern Division: standardization of drawings - folder containing instructions for uniformity of drafting practice.] 1911.

[U.S. Reclamation Service - folder containing drawings of designs for standard weirs, notch drops, checks and bridges.] 1909-15.

U.S. Reclamation Service. Northern Division.

[Notebook containing informational materials regarding the regulations, requirements and costs of operating government messes with suggested menus; forms for monthly estimates and for contracts for excavation and concrete work, etc.; newspaper clippings about H.N. Savage, Supervising Engineer; and about various projects.] 1909-20.

[Sukkur Barrage Canal Project, India - folder containing maps and drawings of various features of the project.] 1919-20.

[Dams and waterworks: other countries - folder containing correspondence, drawings, photographs and maps regarding dams and waterworks in various countries including Egypt, Australia, Argentina, and the Philippine Islands.] 1914-27.

Willcocks, Sir W

Plans of the irrigation of Mesopotamia. [192-?]

[Unidentified photographs and loose pages - folder containing miscellaneous unidentified photographs and loose pages.]

Sennar Dam and Gezira Irrigation Scheme [Sudan] 1924.