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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-,f r..... <br />..J.....\... <br /> <br />FORE\\'ORD <br /> <br />THE fir,.;t full n"t'i11 year of oJH-'ration of thl' Colorado Rin'l' <br />aqueduct. ul'ginning .Jul.... 1. 19..J2 and ending JUlie :W. 19.t:t <br />has U"l'll an eventful lJl'riOlI in the histor.... of the coastal <br />bmdn of Southl'rn C.t1ifornia. :'IIanufacturiuj{. principally for war. <br />wus pushed with utmost vigor. and at a production rate undre.tmed <br />of a few :n'an; ago. Ships :-;lid off the wa....s :.mu aircwft rolled <br />off the as,.;emblr Iinb at almost unlwlit'\'able ,"IlL-'l.d of construction. <br />The foster of imlustrial emplo,n'l's expanded during the yt'ar from <br />.l25,000 in JUIl€' U).t2 to nn nil-time high ill JUrlt' 19-1;3 of :tpproxi- <br />matel.... 560,onO. About:lQ pel' Cl'llt of the latter numb,'r were <br />women. Xl'\\' plants for the production of mall.... war m:'ltl'rials. <br />inc!ullil1g Hlumillum .Ind 1'-Yllthl'li(' l"ulJlwl", Wt'rl' l'rt-'('t{'d. l'quipjlt'd <br />.md put in operation. Old plant...; t'nga/[ed in aircnlft production <br />were en]argt'd and new plunt...; Wt'I'I' cOIl1'-tructed. Shipyards W('I"t' <br />crowded with new way" ami both the new und tht' old ways were <br />wnrkt'{l to full clIpndty, ]n Dect'mtJt'r Hl-t:! a Ill'\\' industry cam", <br />to the basin with thl' hlowillJ! in ()f an iron L]ast furnace at Fontana <br />tu be/[ill production ()f pig iron from California il'On on' rt'duced <br />ii," ('okl' madt' from Utah coal. <br /> <br />Indu.'<trial expllfl"ioll of :-iueh l'IWl'mous jJl'Oportioll:-i alld mpidit.... <br />in this coa1'-tal Im,..;in accompanit'<1 by grt'.lt growth ill population <br />was po,..;,..;ihlt' only lJ('c[(u,;e of thf' 1'\',,1'1'\'(''; of powt'r and "'akr pro. <br /> <br />.'- <br /> <br />~.--"'" <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />~ '.~ <br /> <br />..... <br />.,.' '" <br />~. <br /> <br />~ ... <br />." <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />/1'011 .l/ollntatll plaut alld "f'I't'rtloi,. <br /> <br />[IJ <br /> <br />