Inventory of William Hammond Hall materials located at the Central Records Office of the California Dept. of Water Records, Sacramento. [1988?]

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Inventory of William Hammond Hall materials located at the Central Records Office of the California Dept. of Water Records, Sacramento. [1988?]

Twelve cartons of material dated 1878 through 1900; includes original survey field books, level books, transit books, field notes, soundings, and river records. Hall was first State Engineer of California (1878-89).

[58] leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6998421

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Hall, Wm. Ham. (William Hammond)

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Hall was a Calif. engineer who served as Superintendent and Engineer of Golden Gate Park (1871-1876), a consultant in the grading and development of the University of California campus at Berkeley (1872-1873), chief engineer for the Central and West Side Irrigation Districts (1870s), the first State Engineer of Calif. (1879-1889), and Supervising Engineer of the Irrigation Bureau at the United States Geological Survey (1889). Beginning in 1890, he worked in the private sector as a civil engineer...

California. Office of State Engineer

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