The Raker Act was an act of the United States 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. Raker, its chief sponsor. The Act, passed by Congress in 1913 during the Wilson administration, specified that because the source of the water and power was on public land, no private profit could be derived from the development. The plan for damming the valley was fought for years by John Muir. Construction of the dam was finished in 1923.
Hetchy Hetchy Valley before the Raker Act
There have been ongoing allegations that the Act is being breached by private profits being made; and there have also been several campaigns aimed at removing the dam and restoring the valley.
The RakerAct was an act of the United States Congress that permitted building of the O'Shaughnessy Dam and flooding of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite...
violation of the RakerAct." Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior in the late 1930s, said there was a violation of the RakerAct, but he and the...
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failed to save Hetch Hetchy Valley from becoming a reservoir when the RakerAct was approved on December 2, 1913. This event was considered a major conservation...
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argued over the dam for 10 years, until the U.S. Congress passed the RakerAct in 1913 and allowed dam building to proceed. O'Shaughnessy Dam was completed...
the Revenue Act of 1913, which lowered tariffs and began the modern income tax. Wilson also negotiated the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, which created...
supported it. In 1913, the O'Shaughnessy Dam was approved via passage of the RakerAct. In 1918, Clare Marie Hodges was hired as the first female Park Ranger...
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the city petitioned for Congress to pass the RakerAct. Signed in 1913 by President Woodrow Wilson, the Act allowed San Francisco to dam the Tuolumne River...
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" on posters showing a US soldier taking hold of a German soldier in the act of terrorizing a mother and child, all in support of war bond sales. The...
polluted rivers and groundwater. The Central Valley Project Improvement Act, passed in 1992, intends to alleviate some of the problems associated with...
Federal Reserve Act 1913; Federal Reserve Newlands Labor Act 1913; Board of Mediation and Conciliation RakerAct (1913) Revenue Act of 1913 Federal income...
Federal Reserve Act 1913; Federal Reserve Newlands Labor Act 1913; Board of Mediation and Conciliation RakerAct (1913) Revenue Act of 1913 Federal income...
1939. Under his administration, the city resisted compliance with the RakerAct which required San Francisco to sell power from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir...
Federal Reserve Act 1913; Federal Reserve Newlands Labor Act 1913; Board of Mediation and Conciliation RakerAct (1913) Revenue Act of 1913 Federal income...
Federal Reserve Act 1913; Federal Reserve Newlands Labor Act 1913; Board of Mediation and Conciliation RakerAct (1913) Revenue Act of 1913 Federal income...
Federal Reserve Act 1913; Federal Reserve Newlands Labor Act 1913; Board of Mediation and Conciliation RakerAct (1913) Revenue Act of 1913 Federal income...
Sierra Club, San Francisco ultimately prevailed with the passing of the RakerAct, which authorized construction of the O'Shaughnessy Dam on the Tuolumne...
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