Mission Dam and Flume - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 50.417 W 117° 02.460
11S E 496163 N 3633581
This Marker is very close to the parking lot at northern entrance of The Mission Trails Regional Park off of Mission Gorge Road.
Waymark Code: WM8GKD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2010
Views: 18
This historic California site is also on the US Register of Historic Places. It is the first major irrigation project on the Pacific Coast.
The marker reads:
"MISSION DAM AND FLUME
AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS DATING BACK TO 1774 TO PROVIDE
A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WATER FOR CROPS AND LIVE-
STOCK FOR MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA, A DAM
AND FLUME SYSTEM WAS FINISHED BETWEEN 1813 AND
1816 BY INDIAN LABORERS AND FRANCISCAN MISSION-
ARIES TO DIVERT WATERS OF THE SAN DIEGO RIVER FOR
A DISTANCE OF 6 MILES. THE AQUEDUCT SYSTEM CON-
TINUED IN EXISTENCE UNTIL 1831 WHEN CONSTANT FLODDING
CAUSED THE DAM AND FLUME TO FALL INTO DISREPAIR.
THEY WERE NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE SECULARIZATION OF
THE MISSIONS.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO.52
FIRST REGISTERED DEC. 6, 1932. PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH
MISSION TRAILS REGIONAL PARK, CITY OF SAN DIEGO, AND
SQUIBOB CHAPTER, E. CLAMPUS VITUS, MAY 2, 1992."
Marker Number: 52.00
Marker Name: Mission Dam and Flume
County: San Diego
Has Official CA Plaque: yes
Marker Dedication Date: 05/02/1992
Location:
Very close to the parking lot at northern entrance of The Mission Trails Regional Park off of Mission Gorge Road.
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