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  • California Development Company

    The California Development Company was formed in 1896 as a replacement for the defunct Colorado River Irrigation Company, which had been started a few years earlier for the purpose of planning an irrigation system for the lower Colorado Desert in California. The rich, silty soil of the area was found to be suitable for agriculture, but wells tapping groundwater brought up an inadequate supply of water for such a hot, arid region. The California Development Company took over the project of diverting Colorado River water into the Coachella and Imperial Valleys in the Salton Sink, a dry lake bed which today contains the Salton Sea, hoping to turn the desert green with agricultural fields. The first canals were being constructed by 1900 under the guidance of chief engineer George Chaffey. The Imperial Canal was completed within two years. It received water from the Colorado River, which, by the time it had flowed to the Imperial Valley, contained massive amounts of silt. The Imperial Ca... (see more)

  • Imperial Land Company

    The Imperial Land Company was a land colonization company incorporated in California in March, 1900 for the purpose of encouraging settlement of the Imperial Valley thus providing customers for the California Development Company. Imperial Land was formed by George Chaffey and several other individuals associated with the California Development Company.[1] The company laid out the California towns of Calexico, Heber, Imperial and Brawley, as well as Mexicali in Mexico. The Imperial Land Company was not a subsidiary of the California Development Company, but rather a separate corporate entity.[2] [edit] See also All-American Canal Bridge California Development Company Imperial Canal Imperial Irrigation District Imperial Valley [edit] References ^ Kevin Starr (1991). Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-19-507260-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=h-xCsPyii2gC&lpg=PA26&dq=george%20chaffey%20%22imp... (see more)

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