Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of a zanja, a water ditch, at the San Bernardino Mission Assistencia, ca.1900. Several walls made of stones and mud (?) form a ditch that guides the water from the source to its destination, passing by woody areas. "The zanja was built in 1819-1820 by hundreds of Native Americans and Mexicans using the crude implements of that day. Built under the direction of the Mission Fathers, it originally was 7 miles in length and can now be traced for 5 miles. Taking waters from Mill Creek, part of it is still in use." -- Charles Puck.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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