Dominguez Water Corporation Collection 1910-1986

California Public Utilities Commission

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Dominguez Water Company.

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Tallon, Thomas V.

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Dominguez Water Corporation

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History The Dominguez Water Company was founded in 1911 in an effort to provide a reliable source of water to the Rancho San Pedro lands. The first board included Henry O’Melveny, Kaspare Cohn, and representatives from the Watson, Carson, and Del Amo families. Even with a growing consumer base, the cost of maintenance and operations kept the company from earning a profit. In 1914, the winter flooding damaged pipes, wells, and equipment. The e...

Hand, George H.

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Kohn, Kaspare

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Dominguez Estate Company.

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Watson Land Company

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The Watson Estate Company was incorporated in 1912 to help protect the interests of Dolores Simona Dominguez de Watson. While the Watson Estate Company made a steady, albeit relatively small, income from leasing land, it broke with other Rancho-based companies in regularly selling off small pieces of property. The company was reincorporated as the Watson Land Company in 1927, largely as a way to have lands assessed according to richer 1920s valuations, rather than the 1913 valuation that had bee...

O’Melveny, Henry

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