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Arguments of Lake Tahoe Protective Association against the six feet of storage-capacity asked for by the U. S. Reclamation Service on Lake Tahoe

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Identifier: NC1169
Abstract

Lake Tahoe Protective Association was an organization of Lake Tahoe land owners headed by William S. Bliss. Contains statement, comments and letters by William S. Bliss and Edwin Duryea, Jr., consulting engineer for the Association from 1913. The Association was seeking to prevent the Reclamation Service from adding additional storage capacity to the dam at Lake Tahoe; the increase in capacity was to benefit the Newlands Reclamation Project near Fallon, Nevada.

Dates: 1913
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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  • Repository: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department X
  • Subject: Water rights -- Nevada X
  • Names: Bliss, W. S. (William Seth), 1865-1941 X