Inventory of the Carl Jonas Rhodin Papers,bulk 1909-1930
Inventory of the Carl Jonas Rhodin Papers, bulk 1909-1930
Collection number: MS 79/2
Water Resources Collections and ArchivesUniversity of California, Riverside
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Container List
AGENCIES and PROJECTS - CALIFORNIA
[Brandy City Mining Company, San Francisco - folder containing correspondence, proclamations announcing the diversion of water, and blueprints, all pertaining to the Yuba and Sierra Power Project and the development of power for Brandy City and the Mining Company in Sierra County.]
Rhodin, Carl J.
Memoranda: proposed development plan of the Chucawalla Development Co. - report by Koebig and Koebig, Cons. Eng., Los Angeles, Cal., dated April 13, 1911.[s.l.], September 16, 1911.
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[Excelsior Water and Mining Company - folder containing correspondence with officers of the company and J.G. White Engineering Corporation and a newspaper clipping, all concerning the development of water and power in the Nevada and Yuba Counties by the company.] 1921-22.
[General Electric Power Company of California - folder containing proposals, calculations and notes on the development of power along the Mokelumne River in Amador and Calaveras Counties, and a pamphlet about water and power development along the river.] 1911.
Great Western Power Company, San Francisco. Valuation Department.
Trend of construction labor costs of the distribution system, San Francisco District, period 1914-1924inclusive. San Francisco: [The Company], 1925.
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[Great Western Power Company - folder containing documents and correspondence pertaining to the California Railroad Commission's investigation into the price of fuel oil and its relation to the company's rates to its consumers.] 1925.
[Great Western Power Company - folder containing stock promotion brochure (1924)and organization chart (1922).
[Great Western Power Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, et al - envelope containing documentation (i.e., map, cost appraisals, statements, testimony, memoranda, etc.) on consolidation of territories.] 1928-30.
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Moulton, J. S.
Historical study of the effect of the severance of the electric properties and business in the City of San Francisco on the earnings and expenses of the Great Western Power Company of California for any year 1920 to 1925 inclusive. [San Francisco], April 1926.
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Putting power behind your savings. San Francisco: Great Western Power Company, [192-?]
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[Rhodin, Carl J.]
Commentaries on functional organization. San Francisco: Great Western Power Company, [1928]
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[Hetch Hetchy Water Supply Project, Tuolumne County - folder containing March 19, 1920 issue of The Banner (Sonora) (Hetch Hetchy Water Supply edition), Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California XVIII:7 (1923)Hetch Hetchy Power, program for inspection trip of Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct, and promotional leaf for the project.] 1920-24.
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Klamath River Plant completed by the California Oregon Power Company. In: Journal of electricity 55:10 (1925).p. 364-371.
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Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Industrial Department.
Special report to O.C. Struthers, Pacific Coast manager, Raymond Concrete Pile Co., Washington Building, Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles: Chamber of Commerce, 1930.
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Seal Beach Station of the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation. [Los Angeles, 19--?]
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J.G. Rollow and D.L. Galusha.
Seal Beach plant operating: new steam station of Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation lates fuel-fired plant in California - designed for oil and gas burning - initial installation consists of 35,000 - kw. unit. Reprint from Electrical world, May 30, 1925.
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[Testimony] before the Railroad Commission of the State of California in the matter of the petition of the Marin Municipal Water District, for an ascertainment by the Railroad Commission... of the value of the property of the Marin Water and Power Company: reporter's transcript. San Francisco: The Commission, August 27-28, September 4, 1914.
[Marin Water and Power Company - folder containing: Valuation of physical properities and water rights... 1913 and 1914 (J.G. White Co.); Valuation of Marin Water and Power Company - historical review, 1914;Report of the Board of Directors of the Marin Municipal Water District, 1915;Report to the Board on choice of most advisable system of water supply, 1913;Marin Water and Power valuation; all concerned with Marin Water rights and valuation.] 1913-15.
[Marin Water and Power Company - folder containing various reports, testimony, graphs, diagrams, rainfall comparisons, notes, calculations, etc. pertaining to Marin Water rights and valuation.
Mt. Whitney Power and El[ectric] Co. [Tulare County], Check calculations concrete flumes. June 1912.
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[Napa and Lake Counties - envelope containing correspondence pertaining to the extension of electric lines in Lake County, a water supply project from Conn Valley, the improvement of Brown's Valley and Redwood Canyon Roads (Napa), and the dam and reservoir at the State Hospital, Napa.] 1907-8.
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[Northern California Power Company - folder containing notes, diagrams, inspection and appraisal reports, correspondence, etc., concerning North Battle Creek Reservoir and Dam in Shasta County, and other constructions.] 1911.
[Northern Water and Power Company - envelope containing blueline maps and profiles of Starr Canal, Waggoner Canal, Middle Yuba Canal, Malakoff Reservoir site, pipelines at Canyon, Poorman, Spring and Humbug Creeks, and Columbia Hill Reservoir, all in Nevada County.] San Francisco: J.G. White and Company, 1907-12.
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[Northern Water and Power Company, Nevada and Yuba Counties - folder containing correspondence concerning the offer for sale of the Bloomfield Water System to Byllesby Engineering Corporation, the sale of the Granitesville Water System, water rights matters, and an appraisal of the condition of Bowman Dam; California State Water Commission's rules and regulations governing the appropriation of water; application and notices of application for the appropriation of waters by Excelsior Water and Power Company.] 1919-23.
[J.G. White and Company]
Report on Northern Water and Power Company, California, November 1911.
[Pacific Gas and Electric Company - folder containing reports, memoranda, correspondence, cost data, tables, map, etc. pertaining to the valuation of Yuba County properties owned by the Company.] 1911-12.
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Outstanding features of Pacific service. San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, [1924?]
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Walter Dreyer and G. Ross Henninger.
Pit River hydraulic development involves novel features. In: Journal of electricity 55:4 (1925)p. 118-137.
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Water rights of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, California: report of committee. [San Francisco: J.G. White Engineering Corporation] 1913.
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[Ramona Power and Irrigation Company - folder containing a favorable report on the investigation of the company to determine whether the main purpose of the system was for irrigation or power, correspondence and topographical map of San Jacinto quadrangle, Riverside County.] 1910-11.
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[Regional Plan Association of San Francisco Bay Counties - folder containing summaries of proceedings of the Association, Preliminary report on Regional Plan problems, and brochure: The San Francisco Bay Region of the future - what the Great Regional Plan means.] 1925-26.
[Rubicon Water and Power Company, El Dorado County - correspondence with the Southern Pacific chief engineer, tables, notes, charts, blueprints pertaining to various canals, dams and reservoirs of the company.] 1910-11.
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Salt Creek Power Project [Tehama County]: hydraulic development, estimate of cost. Revised. 1910.
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[San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation, Fresno County - folder containing specifications, notes, charts, water-wheel test results, calculations, correspondence, diagrams, blueprint, etc. pertaining to Tule River (San Joaquin) Power House (Plant) and pipeline] 1913-14.
[Sierra and San Francisco Power Company - envelope containing statements of construction accounts/reports for 1910-1918, cost estimate of Stanislaus Development, detailed inventories of holdings, general map of transmission lines for the company, auditors report for 1915, valuation of properties index, etc.] 1908-18.
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[South Feather Land and Water Company, Butte County - folder containing construction schedule for Wyandotte-Bangor Irrigation Project, property lists, notes, map of Lost Creek Dam, Opinions and orders of the Railroad Commission of California .] 192-?
[South Feather Land and Water Company, Butte County - folder containing correspondence and other papers concerning ` the development of the company and the suit filed against it by Wyandotte Irrigation District; itemized expense accounts for work performed by Rhodin.] 1921-22.
H.A. Kluegel.
A report concerning certain improvements to the water supply system of South Feather Land and Water Company, Butte and Yuba Counties, California. San Francisco, 1921.
Long Beach Station number two, Southern California Edison Co., Stone and Webster Incorporated, Engineers-Builders: design and construction - article from Power, February 17, 1925,article from Power plant engineering, March 15, 1925;operation - letter from G.C. Ward, Vice-president, Southern California Edison Co., May 2, 1925.
The Story of Busy Buttons. [s.l.]: Southern California Edison Company, 1925.
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[Spring Valley Water Company - folders containing drafts, reports, notes, statistics, maps, tables, diagrams, calculations on rainfall, run-off, water flow, valuation, etc. for the system (Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco Counties).] ca1911/12.
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[Spring Valley Water Company - folders containing drafts, reports, notes, statistics, maps, tables, diagrams, calculations on rainfall, run-off, water flow, valuation, etc. for the system (Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco Counties).] ca1911/12.
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[Tujunga Water and Power Company, Los Angeles County - folder containing correspondence concerning a report on the proposed construction of two dams on the Tujunga River.] 1911.
[Warner's Ranch, San Diego County - folder containing correspondence, rainfall data, reports, notes, graphs, tables, map pertaining to Warren Dam and Reservoir, Pamo Reservoir and other parts of the development.] 1911.
[J.G. White and Company, Inc. - folder containing correspondence with officers of the company concerning various matters and projects with which Rhodin was involved; envelope containing documents pertaining to policy (e.g., press interviews, recording and distribution of work hours, Federal tax information, moonlighting) and statements concerning pay reductions due to the business depression of 1914.] 1911-15.
[Wolverton Dam, Tulare County - folder containing blueprints, diagrams, notes, calculations, etc. of the Dam and the Wolverton Creek Reservoir.] 1913.
[Wyandotte Land Company - folder containing correspondence pertaining to the company's properties, contracts for the sale of certain properties, maps of the properties in question, financial statement of the company, topographic map of Butte County, Palermo quadrangle (USGS), map of proposed development of Wyandotte-Bangor Irrigation Project water resources, promotional brochure of Sunny Slope in Butte County (Bangor Development Company)] ca 1915-22.
[Yosemite Power Company, Stanislaus County - folder containing abstract of inventory; inventory and report of the Gas and Electric Division of the Railroad Commission; cost breakdown of dams, water conduits and penstocks for the company.] 1916.
[Yuba-Nevada-Sutter Water and Power Association - folder of correspondence pertaining to various investigations and projects.] 1920-21.
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Carl J. Rhodin.
Preliminary report: water supply for Yuba-Nevada-Sutter Water and Power Association. San Francisco, 1920.
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[California-Nevada-Oregon Narrow Gage Railroad - envelope containing data pertaining to earnings and cost of operation.] 1912-13.
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AGENCIES and PROJECTS - OREGON and BRITISH COLUMBIA
[Chewacan Ranch Project, Lake County - folder containing Chewacan River flow charts, surface level and run-off data, water discharge tables, rainfall evaporation and temperature records, comparisons of other rivers statistics, calculations, etc., all related to the project]. ca 1910-14.
[Chewacan Ranch Project, Lake County, Oregon - folder containing report on irrigation and drainage of Ranch, tables and diagrams of water requirements and area, memorandum of Rhodin's work experience, his testimony regarding water rights, an expense account, a plan of the headworks cut-off for Center Canal, and a map of the Chewacan Land and Cattle Company.] 1913.
[Clackamas River Power Project - folder containing blueprints, maps, cost estimates, calculations, all pertaining to the project.] 191-?
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[Klamath Power Project - folder containing blueprints, charts, report on condition of flow - forebay system, diagrams, memorandum, all pertaining to the project.] 1910-11.
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[Western Canada Power Company, British Columbia - folder containing blueprints for Stave Falls hydroelectric development: Stave Drainage Basin; Stress diagrams and profiles of dams; Precipitation records; Run-off and storage curves; Property map, Stave Lake and vicinity; Reinforcement in intake dam; Hydro electric development at Stave Falls] 1911-13.
[Western Canada Power Company, British Columbia - folder containing photographs of the Stave Falls hydro electric development, Stave Lake, and Stave River.] 1911.
[Western Canada Power Company - folder containing plans of Vancouver with power systems, and a map of British Columbia.] ca 1910.
R.F. Hayward.
Description of the hydro electric development of Western CanadaPower Company, Limited, Stave Falls, B.C. Vancouver, B.C.: Western Canada Power Company, [191-?]
BRIDGES, DAMS and TUNNELS
Elliot, G.A.
Calaveras hydraulic-fill earth dam. San Francisco: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1916.
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[Folder containing blueprints of 3 types of rock fill dams and diagrams of sector gate for outlet control in dams.] 1910.
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[Folder containing materials on tunnels. s.d.]
Henny, D.C.
Two earth dams of the United States Reclamation Service. [s.l.]: American Society of Civil Engineers, [1911]
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Klamath River Bridge on the Redwood Highway, Del Norte County, California: a memorial to the late assemblyman G.H. Douglas. [s.l.]: California Highway Commission, [1923]
Prince, George T.
Cheesman Dam. [s.l.]: American Water Works Association, [190-?]
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CHLORINE WATER TREATMENT
Coffin, T.D.L.
Chlorinating the water supply of Greater New York. New York: Wallace and Tiernan Co., Inc., [1916]
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Hyde, Charles Gilman.
Report upon the sanitary quality of the Owens River water supply delivered to consumers in Los Angeles through the Los Angeles Aqueduct System. Los Angeles, 1915.
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Hyde, Charles Gilman.
Stream pollution and present status of controlling legislation in California. [1913]
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[Rhodin, Carl J.]
Memorandum: clarification and purification of domestic water supply for Sonora and Jamestown. [191-?]
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Wallace and Tiernan Company, New York.
Protecting the water supply of Greater New York. New York: The Company, 1916.
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MACHINERY
American Well Works.
American centrifugal pumps. 2nd edition. Aurora, Illinois: The Works, [190-?]
Howell (R.) Corporation.
Howell standard hydraulic ram. New York: The Corporation, [190-?]
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Pelton Water Wheel Company
Pelton-Doble centrifugal pumps. San Francisco: The Company, [190-?]
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Sulzer Frères.
Moteurs marins, Diesel-Sulzer. [Winterthur, Suisse]: Sulzer Frères, [1918?]
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MISCELLANEOUS
John H. van Deventer.
Who's who in Muscle Shoals? a review of the present offers and the men behind them. In: Industry illustrated, July 1924.p. 15-17, 62-71.
[Miscellaneous documents pertaining to material and building costs, prices, and valuation.] 1911-24.
[Miscellaneous materials pertaining to Bruneau Irrigation Company, Idaho (1909);Valley Counties Power Company, Butte County (map); North Yuba Canal, Sierra County (1909);Clancy River (Photographs); Nevada Irrigation District (1923);map of Tahoe National Forest (1916).
[Miscellaneous personal letters of Rhodin in envelope (1913-15);document in Swedish (s.d.).
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