Opening,Friant-Kern Canal,irrigate arid land,CA,1949

Title: Official opening of the partially completed Friant-Kern Canal, July 9, 1949. Eventually, the canal was to irrigate about 600,000 acres of arid land in the central valley region of southern California
Date Created/Published: 1949 July 9.
Summary: Photograph shows water rushing through open chutes with spectators lined on both sides and along top of wall in the background.
Notes:
Title from item.
From the collections of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Published in: Britannica Book of the Year, 1950, p. 149.
Subjects:
Irrigation--California--1940-1950.
Irrigation canals & flumes--California--1940-1950.
Hydraulic facilities--California--1940-1950.
Premieres--California--1940-1950.
Photographic prints--1940-1950.
Bookmark /2008675470/
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