Spring Valley Water Company records 1856-1952

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Spring Valley Water Company records 1856-1952

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The Spring Valley Water Company records, 1856-1952, consist of minutes, organizational papers, and correspondence from the presidencies of William B. Bourn and Samuel P. Eastman, along with property, stock, and financial records for the "S.V.W.Co." and its predecessors, Spring Valley Water Works and San Francisco City Water Works. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence, legal documents, reports, maps, plans, and financial records, chiefly concerning the acquisition, ownership and management of real property, rights of way, and riparian rights in connection with establishing a reliable water supply for the City of San Francisco. Also includes materials pertaining to the pension fund for Spring Valley Water Company employees, and subsidiary companies, including The Suburban Company, Amador Valley Mutual Water Company, Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Co. Consolidated, as well as Empire Mines, The Empire Mines and Investment Company, The River Mines and the Fioli organizations.

Number of containers: 17 boxes, 56 cartons, 3 card file boxes, 152 volumes, 5 oversize boxes and 160 oversize folders; Linear feet: circa 150

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California Agricultural and Improvement Association.

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Spring Valley Water Company

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Corporate History Spring Valley Water Company and its predecessor companies, San Francisco City Water Works and Spring Valley Water Works, were organized in California for the purpose of supplying water to San Francisco. They actively acquired properties and riparian rights throughout the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda, and since 1858 supplied nearly all the water used in San Francisco. Around 1903,...

Bourn, William, 1857-1936

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Bourn was president of Friends of France during World War I. He and Charles Mills Gayley of the University of California at Berkeley organized the American League of California whose objective was to assist the Allies in Europe financially and with manpower. From the description of William Bowers Bourn papers, 1917-1921. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 85037204 ...

Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Company Consolidated

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San Francisco Water Works.

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Eastman, Samuel P.

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Contention Mines

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