The Contra Costa Canal is a 47 mi (76 km) aqueduct in the US state of California. Its construction began in 1937, with delayed completion until 1948 due...
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Authority Western Contra Costa Transit Authority Contra Costa Canal Contra Costa Water District Contra Costa Community College District Contra Costa College West...
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Contra Costa County (/ˌkɒntrə ˈkɒstə/ ; Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay...
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Look up Contra, contra, or contra- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contra may refer to: Contra, Virginia Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U...
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state water plan in 1931. The plan included a "Contra Costa Conduit,"(later named the Contra Costa Canal). The California Central Valley Project Act authorizing...
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Contra Costa Canal Corning Canal Delta–Mendota Canal Eastside Canal Folsom South Canal Friant-Kern Canal Glenn Colusa Canal Inter-California Canal Kern...
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Iron Horse Regional Trail (category Parks in Contra Costa County, California)
Area in California. This trail is located in inland central Alameda and Contra Costa counties, mostly following a Southern Pacific Railroad right of way established...
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Bay. The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. With a population of roughly 2.5 million in 2010, it is the...
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Central Valley Project (section Delta and canal system)
fish that would otherwise end up in the Delta-Mendota Canal. A second canal, the Contra Costa Canal, captures freshwater near the central part of the delta...
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BART fully opened the Central Contra Costa Crossover, a pair of crossover tracks south of Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre station that allow trains...
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Camp Stoneman (category History of Contra Costa County, California)
March 21, 1951, view of Pittsburg, Calif., with Camp Stoneman in the lower left, bordered by Railroad Ave., Contra Costa Canal, and California Street....
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Los Vaqueros Reservoir (category Reservoirs in Contra Costa County, California)
northern Diablo Range, within northeastern Contra Costa County, northern California. It was completed by the Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) in 1998 (26 years...
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Currently, the 8th district includes parts of the Bay Area counties of Contra Costa County and Solano County, including the cities of Vallejo, Fairfield...
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Walnut Creek, California (category Cities in Contra Costa County, California)
Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about 16 miles...
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Central Ave, Imhoff Dr, Bares Ave, Mount Diablo Creek, Union Pacific, Contra Costa Canal, 4WD Rd, Bailey Rd, James Donlon Blvd, Cambridge Dr, Reseda Way, S...
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Martinez, California (category Cities in Contra Costa County, California)
Martinez (Spanish: Martínez) is a city and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco...
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Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stretch back to the early colonial era. Construction of...
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part of the 69 kV system that serves the pumping stations on the Contra Costa Canal. As for the pylons of the PG&E and PacifiCorp Round Mountain-Malin...
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East Bay Regional Park District (category Parks in Contra Costa County, California)
District (EBRPD) is a special district operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay...
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Nicaraguan Revolution (redirect from Contra War)
of the dictatorship in 1978–79, and the Contra War[broken anchor], fought between the government and the Contras from 1981 to 1990. The revolution revealed...
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Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (category Landforms of Contra Costa County, California)
provided for wildlife refuges and habitat conservation works. The Contra Costa Canal and North Bay Aqueduct also take Delta water, supplying the nearby...
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Edén Pastora (section Contra)
Verlag, 1983 "Costa Rica Reopens Inquiry in 1984 Bombing". The New York Times. August 8, 1993. Winners and losers in Nicaragua’s ‘Grand Canal’ project The...
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attorney and Republican state senator in California who represented Contra Costa County from 1958 to 1980. Born in Oakland, California, Nejedly was raised...
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Clifton Court Forebay (category Reservoirs in Contra Costa County, California)
Forebay is a reservoir in the San Joaquin River Delta region of eastern Contra Costa County, California, 17 mi (27 km) southwest of Stockton. The estuary...
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Filibuster War (category Military history of Costa Rica)
Mora: resonancias de la Guerra Patria contra el filibusterismo de Estados Unidos (1850-1860) (1st ed.). San José, Costa Rica: Editorial de la Universidad...
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Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project, informally the Nicaragua Canal (Spanish: Canal de Nicaragua, also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal, or the...
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California county routes in zone J (redirect from Contra Costa County Route J4)
California. The "J" zone includes county highways in Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Inyo, Mariposa, Merced, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin...
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beginning until its first branch, the aqueduct passes through parts of Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, and Kings counties...
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Carquinez Strait (category Bodies of water of Contra Costa County, California)
strait forms part of the county border between Solano (to the north) and Contra Costa (to the south), and it is approximately 15 mi (25 km) north of Oakland...
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