1895 Feather River (USA) diversion for gold mining.
Jul 2, 2016 14:40:40 GMT 12
Post by RKC on Jul 2, 2016 14:40:40 GMT 12
G'day,
1895 Feather River diversion for gold mining
In 1892, with investment money from the United Kingdom, Frank McLaughlin began the process of diverting the Feather River in an effort to expose the river bed for gold mining. The plan was much like a typical irrigation canal diversion dam. Only instead of part of the river flow being diverted, this project diverted the entire mining season flow of the Feather River into the rock walled bypass canal. The diversion canal was two miles in length and paralleled the river. Today, all the remnants of the rock wall canal and dam are under the Thermalito lake downstream of Oroville dam.
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Feather River 1890’s dams, flumes, canals, photographs
The promoter and director of this ambition 19th century water project was Major Frank McLaughlin. As a means of documenting the project’s progress for his European investors, San Francisco photographer Carleton Watkins was hired to take a variety photographs. The photographs of the Golden Feather and Golden Gate Mining Claim project found their way to the Bancroft Library in Berkeley. With the help of historians, the Butte County Historical Society was able to get small copies of Watkins folio in 1964.
insuremekevin.com/blog-post-history/feather-river-1890-dams-flumes-canals-photographs/
Regards,
Rob (RKC)
1895 Feather River diversion for gold mining
In 1892, with investment money from the United Kingdom, Frank McLaughlin began the process of diverting the Feather River in an effort to expose the river bed for gold mining. The plan was much like a typical irrigation canal diversion dam. Only instead of part of the river flow being diverted, this project diverted the entire mining season flow of the Feather River into the rock walled bypass canal. The diversion canal was two miles in length and paralleled the river. Today, all the remnants of the rock wall canal and dam are under the Thermalito lake downstream of Oroville dam.
insuremekevin.com/1895-feather-river-diversion-for-gold-mining/#PvAQ40JbLm5Zuhfy.99
Feather River 1890’s dams, flumes, canals, photographs
The promoter and director of this ambition 19th century water project was Major Frank McLaughlin. As a means of documenting the project’s progress for his European investors, San Francisco photographer Carleton Watkins was hired to take a variety photographs. The photographs of the Golden Feather and Golden Gate Mining Claim project found their way to the Bancroft Library in Berkeley. With the help of historians, the Butte County Historical Society was able to get small copies of Watkins folio in 1964.
insuremekevin.com/blog-post-history/feather-river-1890-dams-flumes-canals-photographs/
Regards,
Rob (RKC)