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<br />.- .~; 8 <br />'I. i.~, ' <br /> <br />j..o It L' won J) <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />..- <br /> <br />1042 A supply of water in the Colorado River aqueduct made <br />possible the training by the United States Army of great <br />'I number;;; of soldiers and airmen in open desert regions of <br />I, Southern California. <br /> <br />!' Certainty of an ample watel" 'Upll!y was a determining <br />II factor in t.he location Qf "ynthetic rubber plants ai,d an iron <br />I blast furnace and steel mill in thi, coa,tal basin, <br /> <br />Unused Distl"kt power at Boulder Dam was nlRde available <br />to nearby huge metallurgieal plant for production of mag- <br />nesium. <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />\ <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />1043 ConstructiQn of pipe line and reservoir to deliver' Colorado <br />River water to Constal Municipal Water District begun in <br />January. <br /> <br />Fourth and final generating unit in Parker power plant <br />stal'ted regular operation in May. <br /> <br />1044 Coastal pipe line and reservoir completed. First delivery <br />of Colorado River water made to Laguna Beach February 22. <br /> <br />Net construction cost of t.he project to date approximately <br />$189.000,000. ,; ...,i1!o <br /> <br />In December President Roosevelt apriroved an emergency <br />appropriation for construction of an aqueduct from San <br />.Jacinto t.unnel t.o San Vicente reservoir of the San Diego <br />water system. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1\14G On April 4 bids for constructio~ 5'f. th,get(unnelsr being. a <br />portion 'of- the -San DIego aqueduct, were opened in the <br />San Diego oftice of the U. S, Ele\'enth Naval District. Con- <br />tract was a\\"ard~d in May by U. S. Navy, Bureau of Yards <br />and Docko, bLlt C()J"tl'uction wa" deferred because of acute <br />shortage of labol' and materials, <br /> <br />1\146 Construction in progress on all features of the San Diego <br />aqueduct, <br />