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<br />. ;.. <br /> <br />Iii <br /> <br />3(;4:) <br />~1 E T R 0 POLl TAN W ATE R lJ I ;; T R leT <br /> <br />December. First contracts awarded by District for dish'i- <br />bution system tunnels, including Monrovia Nos. 1, 2, and 3. <br />and Pasadena. <br />19:35 February. District took over from the contractor the con- <br />struction of San Jacinto tunnel. <br />August. Rivers and Harbors bill passed by Congress and <br />approved by the President validated construction contract <br />between Secretary of Interior and Six Compauies, Inc. for <br />construction of Parker dam. <br />August. Contract awarded for construction of Cajalco <br />dam and dike. <br />September. Contract awarded for 230-kv transmission ., <br />line. <br />November. Contract awarded for building the first pump- <br />ing plauts - Intake and Gene. <br />November. First contracts awarded for distribution sys- <br />tem pipe lines. <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />1936 Jauuary. Contracts awarded for furnishing the first fif- <br />teeu pumps to be installed in the pumping plants. <br />May. Contracts awarded for furnishing synchronous <br />motors for the fifteen pumps. <br />October. Colorado River first diverted through tunnels at <br />Parker darn. <br /> <br />May. Concrete lining completed in Coachella tunnels. <br />July. First concrete placed in Parker dam. <br />August. 230-kv Boulder transmission line completed. <br /> <br />1937 <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />1938 Febmary. Cajalco dam and dike completed. <br />July. Construction of last pumping plant at Hayfield com- <br />pleted. First water over Parker dam. <br />August. Gene Wash and Copper Basin dams completed, <br />December. Contract awarded for Palos Verdes reservoir. <br /> <br />19:~9 February. Upper feeder completed to Eagle Rock. <br />October. Palos Verdes feeder completed. <br />November. Fir,t Colorado River water reached Cajalco <br />Basin. <br />November. Contract awarded for construction of soften- <br />ing and filtration plant on the upper feeder at La Verne, <br />November. Construction of Parker power plant started Ly <br />U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, earlier than originally planned. <br />in order to relieve a severe power shortage in Arizona and to <br />