Woodspur Water Trough - Coachella, CA
N 33° 40.732 W 116° 10.587
11S E 576339 N 3726854
This historical marker and water trough sit at the corner of Orchard and 6th Streets and next to City Hall in Coachella, CA.
Waymark Code: WMM2D7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2014
Views: 6
Sitting near Coachella City Hall is a water trough and historical plaque which reads:
This water trough was constructed
on the Southern Pacific Railroad
property along Cantaloup Avenue for
watering teams of horses hauling
cantaloups and onions. It replaced a
wooden trough on Front Street used
in the early industry of shipping
mesquite wood. The first name of
this area was "Woodspur". |
This is the second historic water trough I've come across in California. I've waymarked another trough with historical placard that can be visited here.
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