Identifier: sanfrancwat4192581930spri (find matches)
Title: San Francisco water
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Spring Valley Water Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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, and he never returned. On the westcoast of South America he served under thegreat Lord Cochrane, afterwards the Earl of Dundonald. Too bad Don Roberto did nottake the trouble to write down an account ofthat exciting service! After a brilliant but stormy career in theBritish Navy, Lord Cochrane, in 1817, ac-cepted the invitation of the Chileans, thenin revolt against Spain, to take command oftheir naval forces. He remained in their serv-ice until 1822 and contributed largely totheir success. Robert Livermore may havebeen with him in November, 1820, when hecaptured the Spanish frigate Esmeraldain the harbor of Callao, an achievement ofsignal daring. In 1823 Lord Cochrane trans-ferred his service to Brazil, where he helpedthe Emperor Dom Pedro I to shake off thedominance of Portugal. By the end of 1825Lord Cochrane had fallen out with theBrazilians, and he returned to Europe. When or why Robert Livermore left theservice of Lord Cochrane we do not know, July, 1925 SAN FRANCISCO WATER 11
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The Livermore Valley as mapped officially for Alameda County in 1S79. The lagoon, to the left, is mentioned fre-quently in early accounts. It disappeared when the land was reclaimed by drainage. In this part of the old RanchoEl Valle de San Jose, Spring Valley Water Company now operates its Pleasanton pumping station,an important unit of the San Francisco water supply nor are we sure of the date of his arrival inCalifornia. Some say it was in 1820, othersin 1823. As to how he arrived, there arethree accounts. We are told that he reachedCalifornia in a whaling-vessel, and desertedat Santa Cruz with a companion namedJulian Wilson. Two accounts have him set-ting foot ashore for the first time in Monte-rey ; one says that he deserted from the Eng-lish brig Colonel Young, the other that hearrived there in a hide-drogher. The matter is not important, except asshowing how difficult it is, after one hundredyears, to ascertain with accuracy the exactfacts about a California pioneer, even thoug

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