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Item Title
Merced Irrigation District, Edendale Creek Turnout & Weir, Hopeton, Merced County, CA
LocationEdendale Creek Turnout & Weir,
Hopeton vicinity, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-192-A
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N403).
Significance: The Edendale Creek turnout and weir are locally important as original features of the Merced Irrigation District's Main Canal. The canal played a vital role in the economic and social development of Merced County from 1885 until 1941.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. WEIR, LOOKING EAST. TURNOUT STRUCTURE IN BACKGROUND.
2. WEIR, WITH CONCRETE SHEET ON SOUTH BANK AND STILLING WELL ON NORTH BANK.
3. TURNOUT STRUCTURE, LOOKING EAST, FROM SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK.
4. ROADWAY AND ACTIVATORS; VIEW TO NORTH.
5. DETAIL, ACTIVATORS, LOOKING NORTH.
6. EAST SIDE OF TURNOUT STRUCTURE, LOOKING NORTHWEST. EDENDALE MAIN CANAL IN FOREGROUND.
7. EAST SIDE OF TURNOUT STRUCTURE, LOOKING WEST AND DIRECTLY ACROSS CANAL.
8. LOOING WEST DOWN EDENDALE CREEK, FROM ROADWAY CONSTRUCTED OVER TURNOUT STRUCTURE.
9. LOOKING EAST AT FALLEN CABLE ANCHOR ON NORTH BANK. TURNOUT STRUCTURE AND WEIR IN BACKGROUND.
10. WOODEN CABLE ANCHOR, ALSO SHOWING ERODED NORTH BANK BELOW WEIR.
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