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Parts of the Central Valley Project nominated for historic status

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on March 14, 2008 at 11:41 am

From Stockton’s RecordNet.com:

When is a concrete ditch historic? When it carries California’s lifeblood. That, in part, is why the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is applying to have dams, ditches, gates, pumps and canals from Shasta to Bakersfield listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Among the local structures nominated for listing are the Cross Delta Channel, which redirects Sacramento River water south across the Delta at Walnut Grove; the Tracy Pumping Plant, the massive heart that lifts the water so gravity can pull it farther south; and the Delta-Mendota Canal, through which that water flows 116.6 miles to Mendota Pool on the San Joaquin River near Fresno.

“Without the (Central Valley Project), it is doubtful that California’s agricultural economy could have reached the level that it has,” said Jim Bailey, a Denver-based historian for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation who spent three years visiting California dams and canals to gather information for the historic places application.

For the rest of this story from Stockton’s RecordNet.com, which includes a photo gallery of the CVP pumps in Tracy and other nominated structures, click here.

March 14, 2008 · Filed Under Central Valley Project

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