. Canadian engineer . wn, the Owens River project. The economic value of the aqueduct lies in the fact thatit will provide domestic water for ,000 people; through lizabeth Tunnel. :)f light in centre of pictuie is north porlal of the tunnel) 34 THE CANADIAN ENGINEER \ olume 24. a municipal irrigation system irrigate 135,000 acres of landsurrounding the city, and from its 1,500 feet of fall developa maximum of 120,000 horse-power of electrical energy, forwhich funds have already been partially provided. The foregoing briefly -explains the impelling motives ofthe city in undertaking a work
. Canadian engineer . wn, the Owens River project. The economic value of the aqueduct lies in the fact thatit will provide domestic water for ,000 people; through lizabeth Tunnel. :)f light in centre of pictuie is north porlal of the tunnel) 34 THE CANADIAN ENGINEER \ olume 24. a municipal irrigation system irrigate 135,000 acres of landsurrounding the city, and from its 1,500 feet of fall developa maximum of 120,000 horse-power of electrical energy, forwhich funds have already been partially provided. The foregoing briefly -explains the impelling motives ofthe city in undertaking a work of such magnitude and theultimate possibilities of ths project. It is similar to thePanama Canal in that it is without a parallel in history. It must be remembered that Los Angeles, to accomplishher purpose, went into a naked desert and among high anddesolate mountains—a -country practically devoid of habita-tion, fuel or -tt-ater. The work of preparation in point of thespectacular outrivals the actual Building the Concrete Core-Wall of ths Fairmount Reservoir. Only the bare outlines can be given here, but the pre-paratory features included the -construction of a standardgauge steam railroad 142 miles in length by the SouthernPacific Railroad Corporation, which secured thereby the haul-ing of the 20,000,000 ton miles of freight; the building oc315 miles of mountain roads and trails costing 260,000; theinstallation of three water systems comprising four reser-voirs and 150 miles of mains at a cost of $350,000; the build-ing of a municipal copper line of telephone system with 460miles of lines and costing $75,000; the erection of threehydro-electric power houses and 268 miles of high-tensiontransmission line to furnish motive energy and light alongthe aqueduct zone at a cost of $450,000; the construction ofa large number of structures of all classes and descriptionfor men, animals and machinery ; and, finally the purchaseof clay and limestone deposits and the ere
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