1947 : The "lab" was on the Other Side of Town. From 1947 to 1995, the United States Salinity Laboratory (USSL) occupied 10 acres south of Mount Rubidoux in central Riverside. The Facility was housed in seven buildings containing approximately 11 laboratories, two large greenhouses, a rhizotron, environmental chambers, lysimeters, plant culture beds, outdoor plots, and constant temperature rooms. Most of the research could be accomplished at Riverside, but investigations requiring full-scale field situations were undertaken in areas such as the San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys of California, the Wellton Mohawk Irrigation District in Arizona, and Grand Valley in Colorado. The original Rubidoux Laboratory building is now occupied by the University of California Water Resources Center.

1992 October : Ground was broken for the construction of the U. S. Salinity Laboratory on a seven acre site adjacent to the University of California (Riverside) Botanical Gardens.

1995 April : The new state-of-the-art Laboratory was completed and consolidated all Research Units into one main facility, including the Pesticide Research unit, formerly located with the UCR Dept. of Soil and Environmental Sciences. *

In addition to offices, the building contains 18 Laboratories, Constant Temperature rooms, and Specialty rooms. * Climate controlled Rhizotron, Lysimeters, and Sand tank facilities are also located on the grounds, with mechanical, electrical, and wood shops. Four Greenhouses and three Environmental Chambers are conveniently attached to the main building.

2000 January 21 : The U. S. Salinity Laboratory was renamed in Memory of Congressman George E, Brown, Jr. March 6. 1920 - July 15, 1999. P.L. 106-78, SEC. 766. The Federal facility located in Riverside, California, and known as the 'U.S. Salinity Laboratory', shall be known and designated as the 'George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory': Provided, That any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to such Federal facility shall be deemed to be a reference to the 'George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory'

The Federal facility located in Riverside, California, and known as the U.S. Salinity Laboratory shall be known and designated as the George E. Brown, Jr. Salinity Laboratory

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