Name/Title
"DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATERS IN THE EASTERN COASTAL PLAIN REGION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA"Entry/Object ID
2003.286.3.1Description
"DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATERS IN THE EASTERN COASTAL PLAIN REGION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA"
Color: Brown
"Development of Underground Waters in the Eastern Coastal Palin Region of Southern California," by Walter C. Mendenhall (Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office,) 1905. The 140-page softcover book has an orange cover, on the front of which is the title, author's name, location and date of publication, names of the U. S. Geological Survey and its director, the name of the Interior Department, and the names of the two series based on water supply and irrigation and ungerground waters. After a government letter of transmittal and introduction, the contents include material on the coastal plain; crops; irrigation systems, particularly along the San Gabriel and Santa Ana rivers, as well as Santiago Canyon; drainage districts in two lcations; underground water sources and supply permanence; interdependence of wells; cost of wells; a description of maps and tables; acknowledgements; well data; and an index. At the back is a listing of other publications in the series and cataloging information. Five plates, stored in an envelope mounted onto the inside of the back cover, were removed and cataloged as items 3.2-.6. With creases; dented corners; warping; soiling; slight page yellowing; flaking of the envelope and back cover; folds on the front cover and some pages; losses on the spine and two cover corners; and small tears, the overall condition is fair.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, United States. Government Printing Office, Water supply--California, Southern, Groundwater--California, Southern