San Francisco water . Where motorists pause eve of important events. The year 1865marked the absorption by Spring Valley ofthe San Francisco City Water Company,likewise the completion of Spring Valleysfirst big distributing reservoir in San Fran-cisco, Laguna Honda, for the reception ofthe increased supply from Pilarcitos. Hermann Schussler was born in 1842 inthe little village of Rastede, Grand Duchyof Oldenburg, Germany. He came to Cali-fornia after studying engineering in theschools of Zurich and Karlsruhe, and aftersome practical experience at Lucerne andBremen. In a pamphlet published in
San Francisco water . Where motorists pause eve of important events. The year 1865marked the absorption by Spring Valley ofthe San Francisco City Water Company,likewise the completion of Spring Valleysfirst big distributing reservoir in San Fran-cisco, Laguna Honda, for the reception ofthe increased supply from Pilarcitos. Hermann Schussler was born in 1842 inthe little village of Rastede, Grand Duchyof Oldenburg, Germany. He came to Cali-fornia after studying engineering in theschools of Zurich and Karlsruhe, and aftersome practical experience at Lucerne andBremen. In a pamphlet published in 1906 he out-lined his Spring Valley activities in the fol-lowing characteristically matter-of-fact way: On October 8th, 1864, I had been ap-pointed as engineer of that part of the worksof the original Spring Valley Water Workswhich related to the headwaters in SanMateo County and the conduit lines con-structed and to be constructed into San Fran-cisco. In the fall of 1864 the foundation of thelarge Pilarcitos main dam
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