California Aqueduct
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The Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern and Central California to Southern California. Named after California Governor Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr., the over 400-mile (640 km) aqueduct is the principal feature of the California State Water Project.
The Delta–Mendota Canal (left) and the California Aqueduct (right) near Tracy, California
San Luis Reservoir in July 2021
Aqueduct and surrounding farms in Kern County
The California Aqueduct East Branch, flowing east after crossing under state route 138
Pat Brown
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Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco, and he was later elected Attorney General of California in 1950, before becoming the state's governor after the 1958 California gubernatorial election.
Brown in 1966
Governor Brown with President Kennedy at the White House in April 1961
Governor Brown speaks on Charter Day at UC Berkeley in 1962
Brown in 1964