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Item Title
Natomas Ditch System, Blue Ravine Segment, Juncture of Blue Ravine & Green Valley Roads, Folsom, Sacramento County, CA
LocationJuncture of Blue Ravine & Green Valley Roads,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-144-A
Building/structure dates:
1853 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1860 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1920 subsequent work
Significance: The Natomas Ditch System's significance comes from its role in the history and development of mining and agricultural endeavors in the Folsom area. The system was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion A at the local level of significance as a discontiguous district. Its period of significance extends from 1853 to 1943. Segments that date to the period of significance and retain integrity have the potential to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. The portion of the main canal of the Natomas Ditch System that is within the boundaries of the Parkway Project retains sufficient integrity and has been determined to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP as a contributing element of a discontinguous district.
Related Names
Natoma Water Company
Brooks, Clark & Company
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. View of dry ditch to north at juncture main canal and cement siphon pipe
2. Water control structure at north end of canal
3. Earthen berm and water control structure used to regulate water flow into adjacent cultivated area
4. Dense riparian vegetation at old bridge on Silberstein property
5. Pastures and landscape context; ditch runs along line of oaks in distance
6. Earthen banked ditch and view of fields to south
7. Inverted siphon structure carrying ditch flow under Willow Creek, looking east
8. Inverted siphon structure carrying ditch flow under Willow Creek, looking southwest
9. Landscape overview east to El Dorado Hills; ditch follows fence line in middle distance
10. View to northeast from near siphon structure showing broad, U-shaped earthen banked ditch
11. Looking southwest down long straight run of ditch
12. Looking northeast from south end of project; ditch dry
13. Detail of earthen bank of ditch near south end of project
14. Water control structure and water-filled ditch at north end of project
15. Looking north from east bank of ditch, approximately halfway between cement pipe to north and burned irrigation pump station to south
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