VIEW OF GAGE IRRIGATION CANAL AT HILLTOP DRIVE AND BARTON ROAD, SHOWING OLD ROUTE OF CANAL VIADUCT ACROSS BARTON ROAD. SIPHON NOW GOES UNDER ROAD AND EMERGES AT RIGHT REAR BELOW TWO TELEPHONE POLES (SEE CA-120-15) - Gage Irrigation Canal, Running from Santa Ana River to Arlington Heights, Riverside, 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): 34 | Color Transparencies: 1 | Measured Drawing(s): 7 | Data Page(s): 40 | Photo Caption Page(s): 3 Subjects: citrus fruit industry, water supply, agriculture, irrigation, irrigation canals Locations: riverside, riverside county, san bernardino county, california, san bernardino Notes: For additional information, see also California Citrus Heritage Recording Project (HAER CA-118). Significance: The Gage Irrigation Canal was instrumental in the development of citrus production and the settlement of the Riverside area. At the time of its completion, the canal was the most ambitious irrigation project ever undertaken in California. The presence of the canal opened up former desert wasteland to irrigation, contributing to Riverside's reputation as the premier navel orange growing region in the world. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N19 Survey number: HAER CA-120 Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1910- 1920 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1926 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work
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