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Keefe-McDerby Mine Ditch, East of East Bidwell Street between Clarksville Ro, Folsom, Sacramento County, CA



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Item Title
Keefe-McDerby Mine Ditch, East of East Bidwell Street between Clarksville Ro, Folsom, Sacramento County, CA

Location
East of East Bidwell Street between Clarksville Ro, Folsom vicinity, CA

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.

Notes
Survey number HAER CA-195
Significance: The Keefe-McDerby Mine ditch is a representative example of mining activities in the Folsom area. The ditch is important in local history because it predates the Natomas Ditch that provided water for most of the dry diggings around Folsom. The Keefe-McDerby Min Ditch provided water for the dry diggings at Willow Springs Hill; the ditch is part of the historic mining landscape of the Willow Springs Mining District and may be considered an eastern extension of that historical district.

Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF KEEFE-McDERBY MINE DITCH OVERLOOKING EAST BIDWELL STREET'S INTERSECTION WITH CLARKSVILLE ROAD; FACING EASTERLY.
2. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF DITCH OVERLOOKING CLARKSVILLE ROAD'S CUTBANK, JUST EAST OF EAST BIDWELL STREET; FACING SOUTHEAST.
3. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF DITCH WINDING THROUGH THE AREA OF THE WOODWARD RANCH SITE, CLARKSVILLE ROAD IN FOREGROUND; FACING SOUTHWESTERLY.
4. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF DITCH OVERLOOKING THE GOULD RANCH SITE, HIGHWAY 50'S OVERPASS FOR THE R/R & OLD PLACERVILLE ROAD ON LEFT. EAST BIDWELL STREET APPROACHES TO HIGHWAY 50 ON RIGHT; VIEW TO SOUTH.
5. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF DITCH OVERLOOKING OLD PLACERVILLE ROAD AND R/R RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM HIGHWAY 50 BRIDGE EMBANKMENT; VIEW TO NORTH.
6. DETAIL OF KEEFE-McDERBY DITCH WITH VISUAL SCALE; VIEW TO EAST.
7. DETAIL OF DITCH WITH HORIZONTAL SCALE; VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
8. DETAIL OF DITCH WITH WOODWARD RANCH RUINS IN FOREGROUND ALONG CLARKSVILLE ROAD; VIEW TO SOUTH.
9. DETAIL OF DITCH WITH VERTICAL SCALE; VIEW TO SOUTH.
10. DETAIL OF DITCH WITH ROCK WALL REMNANTS ON LEFT, HIGHWAY 50 ON HORIZON WITH EAST BIDWELL STREET'S APPROACH RAMPS. NOTE LOCAL DRAINAGE BISECTING ROCK WALL REMNANTS AND DITCH (PHOTOGRAPH NO. CA-195-11 TAKEN AT THIS INTERSECTION); VIEW TO SOUTH.
11. DETAIL OF DITCH CROSS SECTION WITH VISUAL SCALES. DITCH WAS BISECTED BY LOCAL DRAINAGE; VIEW TO SOUTH.
12. DETAIL OF DITCH ALIGNMENT WITH RECENT CITY OF FOLSOM HOUSING AREA IN BACKGROUND; VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
13. DETAIL OF DITCH ALIGNMENT NEAR THE OLD GOULD RANCH SITE. HIGHWAY 50 BRIDGE CROSSING OLD PLACERVILLE ROAD AND THE R/R ON RIGHT; VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
14. GOULD RANCH SITE ABOVE KEEFE-McDERBY DITCH, HIGHWAY 50 IN BACKGROUND; VIEW TO SOUTH.


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