San Francisco Bay Area Water Company Maps
MS112
Finding aid prepared by Clay Stalls
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
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Los Angeles, CA, 90045-2659
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Special.Collections@lmu.edu
2014
Title: San Francisco Bay Area Water Company Maps
Identifier/Call Number: MS112
Contributing Institution:
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 map case drawer
Date (inclusive): 1904-1913
Abstract: This small, artificial collection consists of maps outlining the holdings and the water rights of water companies in the San
Francisco Bay Area in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
creator:
Dockweiler, J. H. (John Henry), 1864-1941
Conditions Governing Access Note
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections.
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Preferred Citation Note
[Identification of item], Map case and drawer number, San Francisco Bay Area Water Maps, MS112, Department of Archives and
Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Collection Description
This small, artificial collection consists of maps on water supply and holdings in the San Francisco Bay Area, chiefly of
the
Spring Valley Water Company. Titles are based on those found on the maps themselves. The maps date to the two first decades of the twentieth century.
J(ohn) H(enry) Dockweiler (1864-1942), of a prominent Los Angeles family, prepared the bulk of the maps in the collection, most likely in his work
as a consulting engineer during his years in the Bay Area.
The 1904 Dockweiler drawing of the holdings of the Spring Valley Water Company in San Francisco was done on a Punnett Brothers
map with the date of 1906. There is no explanation for the discrepancy in dates.
Arrangment
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Company Maps Collection is arranged by individual map. There are no series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Spring Valley Water Company
Water utilities--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Water supply--Management--California--San Francisco
Water Supply--San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Maps
Water-supply -- California -- San Francisco
Map-case 4, Drawer 1
"Land and Real Estate of the Spring Valley Water Company in San Francisco ... prepared by J. H. Dockweiler--July 1904." On
sheet: 55x46 inches. Pen and pencil on original
"Punnett Brothers City and County Map of San Francisco." Copyright 1906. A summary of the Spring Valley Water Company holdings is found in tables
on a sheet attached to the bottom of the map.
1904, 1906
Map-case 4, Drawer 1
"Map Showing the Watershed Areas in the Vicinity of San Francisco Bay. In Use or Proposed as Sources of Water Supply ... by
J. H. Dockweiler Consulting Engineer May 1912." On sheet: 19.25x17.4 inches. Pen and Pencil over original United States Geodetic
Survey map. With tables of watersheds and wells.
1912
Map-case 4, Drawer 1
"Key Map to County Properties of the Spring Valley Water Co. to acquired by the City and County of San Francisco." This is
the title to the first of seventen sheets originally in binder, but now separated by unknown party. Mechanical drawing, perhaps
by J. H. Dockweiler. On sheets: 20.5x12.74 inches.
undated
Map-case 4, Drawer 1
"
Bay Cities Water Company's Proposed Sierra Nevada Water Supply ... to San Francisco." On sheet: 10.75x7.25 Sheet bears page number of 24. Ink.
undated
