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Claremont Graduate University

Los Angeles and the Owens River Aqueduct

Abstract

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<p>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.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
History, PhD
Level thesis:degree_level
Open Access Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
School of Arts and Humanities
Year dc:date.available
1977

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Miller, Gordon R.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • John H. Kemble
  • John Niven

Subjects

dc:subject × 6

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/79
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1082

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
Source record
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citation

Miller, Gordon R.. Los Angeles and the Owens River Aqueduct. Open Access Dissertation thesis, 1977. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/79