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Guide to the Fred C. Finkle Papers, Water Resources Collection
h19xx.22
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Title: Fred C. Finkle Papers, Water Resources Collection
creator:
Finkle, Fred C., 1865-
Dates: 1850-1981
Abstract: Finkle (b. 1865) worked in California, Colorado and Oregon. Chief engineer of the North Riverside Land and Water Co., Jurupa
Land and Water Co. and Vividino Water Co. (1887). Later became the chief engineer of the San Bernardino Water Works (1890)
and two years later became the city engineer of San Bernardino and consulting engineer on water supply for the state of California.
In 1911 became the chief hydraulic engineer and geologist with the Edison Electric Co. At Edison he directed the designing
and construction of seven hydraulic power plants. He constructed many dams and hydroelectric power plans and designed the
Lake Arrowhead Dam on the Little Bear Creek in the San Bernardino Mountains and the Boulder Creek Power Plant. He died in
1949. Most of Finkle's reports have been catalogued in Blais, The Libraries of the Claremont Colleges online catalog.
Extent: 35 feet (35 boxes) 4 map drawers
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, California 91711
Collection Number: h19xx.22
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
This collection is open for research.
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
[Identification of item], Fred C. Finkle Papers, Water Resources Collection, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont
University Consortium.
Unknown
Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak in 2009
No additions to the collection is anticipated.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection comprises correspondence, engineer's reports, government documents, legal cases, blueprints, graphs, maps,
and photographs.
Series 1 Colorado Water Engineering Projects
Series 2 Government Documents
Series 3 Legal Documents (Southern California)
Series 4 Maps, Engineering Blueprints, Graphs, Tables, Diagrams
Series 5 Water Rights and Water Supply in Southern California
Series 6 Field Journals
Series 7 Receipt Books
Series 8 Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Finkle, Fred C.
Curtis and Hine
Water-rights--Colorado.
Water-supply--Colorado.
Water Rights-Southern California
Water Supply-Southern California
Water utilities--California--Los Angeles.
Western Americana, 1850-1950
Colorado
Lytle Creek Canyon (Calif.)--History.
San Bernardino (Calif.)--Water-ights.
San Bernardino (Calif.)--Water-upply.
field journals
photographs