View of middle section showing east face of the channel rock wall and top edge of west rock wall with scale, looking east. - Gilman Canyon Storm Drain, Banning Bench to North 8th & West Nicolet Streets, Banning, Riverside County, CA
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- Library of Congress
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- Historic American Buildings Survey
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- Documentation compiled after 1968
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- Photo(s): 12 | Data Page(s): 22 | Photo Caption Page(s): 3 Subjects: stonework, spillways, native americans, catch basins, public works, channels, concrete, flood control, new deal, works progress administration Locations: banning, california, riverside county Notes: Significance: Gilman Canyon Storm Drain is associated with a series of domestic economic recovery programs introduced during the Great Depression, known as the New Deal. These programs were essential to the regional development of the San Gorgonio Pass. The channel is associated with the 1936 Flood Control Act passed by Congress which authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, channels, and other flood control systems throughout the United States. It is additionally associated with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) which funded and supervised the majority of the flood control construction in Riverside County. The Gilman Canyon Storm Drain is presumed to have been constructed by a crew of Native American laborers from the nearby Morongo Reservation under employment of the WPA. The channel was constructed utilizing rock and mortar construction, a common practice seen in a number of flood control and irrigation systems on the reservation. Native American laborers were often hired by the WPA to carry out conservation work. Conservation projects carried out included building roads, trails, dams, wells, ditches, and channel excavation. Through these New Deal programs, flood control systems were installed in the region opening up the area for future housing and residential development. It represents this important theme in local history. The Gilman Canyon Storm Drain remains operational to this day. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1822 Survey number: HAER CA-2378 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1962- ca. 1967 Subsequent Work
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