Hetch Hetchy is a valley, reservoir, and water system in California in the United States. The glacial Hetch Hetchy Valley lies in the northwestern part...
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Hetch Hetchy Railroad no. 6 is a standard gauge three truck Shay locomotive built for the Hetch Hetchy Railroad by Lima Locomotive Works in 1921. Although...
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O'Shaughnessy Dam (California) (redirect from Hetch Hetchy dam)
States. It impounds the Tuolumne River, forming the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir at the lower end of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, about 160 miles...
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Hetch Hetchy was an American post-punk band formed in Athens, Georgia. Lynda Stipe, sometimes credited as Lynda L. Limner, was the only consistent member...
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Lynda Stipe (section Hetch Hetchy)
guitarist. She is best recognized for her involvement in the bands Oh-OK, Hetch Hetchy and Flash to Bang Time. She is the younger sister of R.E.M.'s lead singer...
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The Hetch Hetchy Railroad (HHRR) was a 68-mile (109 km) standard gauge Class III railroad constructed by the City of San Francisco to support the construction...
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Tuolumne River (category Hetch Hetchy Project)
at Don Pedro and Hetch Hetchy to provide water for Central Valley farmers and the city of San Francisco, respectively. The Hetch Hetchy project, located...
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Congress that permitted building of the O'Shaughnessy Dam and flooding of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is named for John E...
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Hetch Hetchy Dome is a granite dome, in the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite National Park. Aside from being aside Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, Hetch Hetchy Dome...
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Water in California (section Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct)
The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct carries water from the Tuolumne River to San Francisco and other Bay Area regions. The system starts in Hetch Hetchy Valley...
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the first decade of the 1900s, the Sierra Club became embroiled in the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir battle that divided preservationists from "resource management"...
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waterfalls located on Falls Creek on the northern wall of Hetch Hetchy Valley below Hetch Hetchy Dome, in Yosemite National Park. The other waterfall, Tueeulala...
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Don Pedro Reservoir (section Hetch Hetchy project)
the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct, the project's tunnels cross under the upper end of the reservoir. The reservoir could easily be tied into the Hetch Hetchy Project...
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John Muir (category Hetch Hetchy Project)
reservoir. Muir passionately opposed the damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley because he found Hetch Hetchy as stunning as Yosemite Valley.: 249–62 Muir, the...
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Moccasin, California (category Hetch Hetchy Project)
County of San Francisco. Homes are used for employees who work on the Hetch Hetchy Water & Power system. Most buildings are painted the same color and homes...
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Restore Hetch Hetchy is a US non-profit organization seeking to restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park to its original condition. The...
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Dumbarton Bridge and the Dumbarton Rail Bridge is the Bay crossing of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct. The aqueduct rises above ground in Newark at the east side...
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"Hetch Hetchy Environmental Debates". The Center for Legislative Archives. National Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-12. Rogers, Paul (2012-09-30). "Hetch Hetchy...
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watershed in 1910. The Hetch Hetchy project centered on damming the main Tuolumne River as it meandered through Hetch Hetchy's wide glacial-cut valley...
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Park in the United States, overlooks the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and provides grand vistas of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and surrounding wilderness. It is...
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time. Preservationists led by Muir and the Sierra Club failed to save Hetch Hetchy Valley from becoming a reservoir when the Raker Act was approved on December...
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as a common carrier called the Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley Railroad. Although it never reached either Hetch Hetchy or Yosemite valley, the company...
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and developed both the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) and the Hetch Hetchy water system. O'Shaughnessy was born to farmers Patrick and Margaret...
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O'Shaughnessy between 1915 and 1927. It was the O'Shaughnessy Dam, Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, and Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct that would have the largest effect on San Francisco...
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rights to both water and power in the Hetch Hetchy Valley in 1913. After their victory they delivered Hetch Hetchy hydropower and water to San Francisco...
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Yosemite National Park (category Hetch Hetchy Project)
was the last Indigenous settlement within the park. In 1903, a dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley in the northwestern region of the park was proposed. Its purpose...
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Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne (category Hetch Hetchy Project)
Geological Survey, the canyon begins at Glen Aulin and ends directly above Hetch Hetchy Valley. The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne starts at Glen Aulin, immediately...
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Swollen (album) (category Hetch Hetchy (band) albums)
was the debut album of Hetch Hetchy, released in 1990 by Texas Hotel Records. All tracks are written by Hetch Hetchy Hetch Hetchy Lynda Stipe – vocals,...
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Pulgas Water Temple (category Hetch Hetchy Project)
Francisco Water Department to commemorate the 1934 completion of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct and is located at the aqueduct's terminus; originally water...
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The Hetch Hetchy to Lake Vernon Trail in Yosemite starts from the parking lot close to the O'Shaughnessy Dam at the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, and goes to...
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