Title	Rose Canal
Date Range	1920-1929
Description	Account of the Rose Canal that was created to irrigate land near the Yerrington Ranch, then was purchased by the City of Los Angeles and diverted the water to the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
Note	To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the City of Los Angeles began additional large-scale purchases of land in the Owens Valley to increase its supply of water from the valley, resulting in the city's almost complete control of the valley's agricultural land. This led to a decline in the valley's agricultural infrastructure and economy.
Physical Description	1 page
Genre	Documents; Typescripts
Subject	Canals; Irrigation; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Geographic Location	Inyo County (Calif.)
Repository	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Title	J. D. Black Papers
Collection Number	CSLA-15
Container Information	Series 1. Owens Valley Water Controversy Records; Box No. 9; Folder No. 11
Identifier	sc_jdbp004830001
Copyright	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Sponsor	Support provided by the Metabolic Studio.
Type	Text
Format	image/tiff
Language	eng