The Rank v. Krug collection measures 9 linear feet and consists
of eleven series; Case documents, Clippings, Indentures,
Interior Department and Congressional documents, Publications,
reports and statistics, Related cases, Water applications,
protests and complaints, Water districts, Miscellaneous, Maps
and Photographs. The Rank v. Krug case originated with the
construction of the Central Valley Project in California. Friant
Dam was constructed on the San Joaquin River as part of the
project with the purpose of diverting water from the river into
the Madera and Friant-Kern Canals in order to irrigate lands in
the Valley which had no nearby source of irrigation water.
Seeing that their own irrigation water might be threatened, two
hundred downstream landowners protested the construction of the
dam and canals. The Bureau of Reclamation, who managed the
project, attemped to assuage the concerns of the landowners,
however it became readily apparent as construction of the dam
neared completion and Millerton Lake b