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Las Vegas Land and Water Company

Corporate Body Alternate Name

LVL&W

The Las Vegas Land & Water Company was created by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company to operate the first water distribution system in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1905. The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad was eventually sold to the Union Pacific Railroad in 1921.