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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to John M. Bunker (Rox, Nevada) regarding his water delivery request, September 8, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Walter Bracken informing John M. Bunker that work replacing an old redwood pipeline with a new iron main was well underway and they would not be able to connect his neighborhood to company water.
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, 1915
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1915.
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Letter from William Reinhardt to G.F. Ashby, October 11, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Reinhardt recommends that the water company remain non-committal about the creation of a water district in Las Vegas until it is clear how it would affect the interests of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas in the 1920s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking north.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Aerial views of Las Vegas showing downtown UP yards 1920's. Shop's still standing (1983)."
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), March 3, 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken asks for advice regarding the Edward Clark Forwarding Company which was going to be connected to railroad water, but was being cut off by their previous provider, thus preventing them from running pipes in their basement and ultimately, endangering their goods.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock (Los Angeles), June 17, 1922
Date
Archival Collection
Description
LVL&WC executives had been called to a meeting with the Utilities Commission about water shortages, and W. H. Comstock was seeing if they could quickly increase capacity before the meeting.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), July 12, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken was asking the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to disallow payment to the person who should have repaired the leaking pipeline but didn't. The spraying pipeline severely hampered their credibility in the public eye when asking for conservation from citizens.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to E. E. Calvin (Los Angeles), May 15, 1924
Date
Archival Collection
Description
With the completion of a new well near the springs, the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. was going to use the water from one of the springs for irrigation.
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard (Washington), September 19, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of various points of the drafted purchase contract for water production facilities by the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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Price list and blueprint from E. M. Jessup (Los Angeles) for plans to erect housing over Big Spring (Las Vegas), February 1, 1911
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Plans and detailed cost estimate for covering over the Big Spring
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