Anthony Chabot (in Mountain View Cemetery)
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Squirreleen
N 37° 50.000 W 122° 14.136
10S E 567264 N 4187598
In Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California
Waymark Code: WM3VA0
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2008
Views: 17
Obelisk marking the grave of this western engineering entrepreneur.
Description:
Anthony Chabot was a nineteenth-century entrepreneur who developed hydraulic mining and for building water systems, especially in the Bay Area. He became known as the "Water King" and a local reservoir bears his name. He also donated a telescope to the Oakland Observatory which quickly became known as the Chabot Observatory.
Date of birth: 08/13/1813
Date of death: 01/06/1888
Area of notoriety: Science/Technology
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: daylight hours, every day
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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