Needs of the San Francisco Bay Area, California: Hearings Before an Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on S. Res. 119, a Resolution to Investigate the Needs of the San Francisco Bay Area, CaliforniaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 649 pages Considers the so-called Reber plan to develop additional transportation facilities and water resources utilization projects in the San Francisco Bay area, Calif. Plan emphasizes erection of bridges across San Francisco Bay and the creation of fresh water lakes. Hearings were held in San Francisco, Calif. |
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