"General Map of the Spring Valley Water Works",

This map by Hermann Schussler, a renowned engineer, covers the greater San Francisco Bay region and shows both the company's current water system and his proposal to increase the water supply for the growing city. From its earliest stages the water supply of San Francisco was provided by private companies, especially the Spring Valley Water Works. City and County attempts to take control of the water supply resulted in a tense relationship and frequent litigation over company threats to cut off the water supply and government threats to use eminent domain to take control of the water supply. Numerous attempts from 1877 were made by the City and County of San Francisco to purchase the company’s properties until a deal finally was struck in 1930.

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Condition: A+

Fine, issued folding.