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Sources and Additional Information

Source(s); Statement of C R Rockwood - In the Matter of the Liability of the California Development Company for the Flooding of Salton Basin by Charles Rockwood - 1907 p. 38-40; The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory and William Phipps Blake - 1915 p. 1233; Irrigation in Imperial Valley California Its Problems and Possibilities by C. E. Tait - 1908 p. 13, 51

Image(s); Calisphere - University of California; This image is claimed as 'Copyrighted' by Calisphere, however, since the picture first appeared in The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory and William Phipps Blake - 1915 p. 1241 it is in the public domain and thus cannot be copyrighted.

Additional information from: The Colorado River Irrigation Company Map - 1893

Life of the Salton Sea -

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Google Books

 

Additional information from: Google Books

 

Additional information from: Google Books

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Life of the Salton Sea