Los Angeles and the Owens River Aqueduct

Author

Gordon R. Miller, Claremont Graduate University

Date of Award

1977

Degree Type

Open Access Dissertation

Degree Name

History, PhD

Program

School of Arts and Humanities

Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair

David Lindsey

Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member

John H. Kemble

Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member

John Niven

Terms of Use & License Information

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Rights Information

© 1977 Gordon R. Miller

Keywords

water supply, California-history, Owens River Valley, Los Angeles-history

Subject Categories

Arts and Humanities | History

Abstract

The following pages recount the struggle and criticism that went into bringing the first imported water to Los Angeles, the reasons the water was necessary, the legal bases on which water was acquired, and the end results on the distant Owens River Valley.

Comments

Physical copy located in the Claremont Colleges Library - catalog record.

DOI

10.5642/cguetd/79

Recommended Citation

Miller, Gordon R.. (1977). Los Angeles and the Owens River Aqueduct. CGU Theses & Dissertations, 79. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/79. doi: 10.5642/cguetd/79