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Title: Report of inspection trip over Colorado River levee systems below Yuma, Arizona
Creator: Adams, Frank, 1875-1967
Contributor: Priest, R. M. (Robert Mackintosh), 1940-
International Boundary & Water Commission, United States & Mexico
Date Created and/or Issued: 1929 September 17-19
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Frank Adams papers
Rights Information: Copyright Unknown
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Description: Scope/Content: Typed report, including data tables and black-and-white photographs, detailing inspection of Colorado River levee systems, including the Imperial Irrigation District Levee System, Allison East-side Levee System and Rodriguez Levee. The report also includes a section on "the controversy regarding responsibility for maintenance of the levees" including information on the Pescadero Cut. This section includes the full text of the Pescadero Cut agreement between the Colorado River Land Company and the Imperial Irrigation District. The report is appended by a memorandum to Adams from R. M. Priest.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Technical reports
Photographs
Tables (Data)
Extent: 36 pages
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2rv0mhk
cuwr_adamsfra_016_247
Language: English
eng
Subject: Water-supply
Flood control
Yuma Project (U.S.)
Place: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

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