2. The second forty years of California was a time of growth and adaption to the increasing population in this mega state. Since the days of Mesopotamia every thriving population must live with a well to do water supply and irrigation and water issues sprung early in the immature desert state of California. Other than the few rivers in Sacramento an such after much stress California milked its water supply from the vast Colorado river. Irrigation remained the central issue in California, the Colorado river constantly overflowed and caused much trouble for early California irrigation. Most of the population was within the Los Angeles and the Bay Area growing over 1.5 million so they needed to act fast.
3. Several professors and the early universities of California were included in the building process of a successful irrigation route. Los Angeles was city of representation for California and its growing population asked for a Successful Aqueduct . The L.A Aqueduct and the massive construction kept many people happy with jobs and sweet lifestyles in the booming economy. San Diego was slowly booming although it was merely a destination of the Navy and Marine Corps depot. “by 1929,then, Southern California had emerged into the sunlight as both an imagined and a fully materialized American place.” One of the most expensive public works projects were the two bridges linking the bay area. (including the “Golden Gate Bridge”)
