Name/Title
"REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SESSION OF 1880, PART IV"Entry/Object ID
2003.286.6.1Description
"REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SESSION OF 1880, PART IV"
Color: Pink
"Report of the State Engineer to the Legislature of the State of California--Session of 1880, Part IV" (Sacramento: J. D. Young, Superintendent State Printing,) 1880. The 191-page report by William Hammond Hall has the title and publishing information on the front cover. Contents of the volume, which concerns irrigation, include an introduction to the problems of the subject; irrigation regions of California; irrigation practices in the state; irrigable lands and the water supply; results of the engineer's invetigations; conclusions and recommendations; and an appendix of special reports and papers, which includes a "Report on Irrigation Works and Practice in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties" by Assistant Engineer James D. Schuyler and similar reports for other counties in the state. With cover creases, soiling, darkening, losses of the back cover and spine, stains, and tears, as well as page dents, darkening, and folds, the overall condition is fair.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Reports, California. State Printing Office, Irrigation--California, Water supply--California