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Title: L Street and Old Mill Ditch 1884 Fresno California
Creator: [Unknown]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1884
Publication Information: Fresno County Library
Contributing Institution: San Joaquin Valley Library System
Collection: Photographs Selected from the Collections of the San Joaquin Valley Library System Member Libraries
Rights Information: This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the fair use clause of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 § 107 U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the California History and Genealogy Room, Fresno County Public Library, 2420 Mariposa St., Fresno, CA 93721-2285; (559) 488-3195, press #3, then #5.
Description: Photo of intersection of L Street and Fresno Street with the Southern Methodist Church on the corner. Mill Ditch visible on Fresno Street in front of the church. This irrigation ditch was built in 1878 by Moses J. Church to power his Champion Flour Mill at the corner of Fresno and N streets. Ditch later walled by planks, braced with timbers, and spanned by narrow plank bridges. Mill Ditch was filled-in in March 1892 after public outcry of it being dangerous and unsightly.
Type: image
Format: 1 Photographic print (postcard) :b&w ;9 x 14 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7x0nc9nt
frp0127
Subject: Church, Moses James, 1818-1900
Streets--California--Fresno County--Photographs
Irrigation canals and flumes--California--Fresno County--19th century--Photographs
Church buildings--California--Fresno County--19th century--Photographs
Fresno (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--19th century--Photographs

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