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Travel Bug Dog Tag Davidson Ditch

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Released:
Friday, May 23, 2014
Origin:
Alaska, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of dune9111.

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To travel to other seminal engineering projects both historic and present day.

About This Item

Nearly 90 miles long the ditch brought water from the Chatanika River drainage near Faith Cr. to Goldstream Creek just above Fox.  Conceived by Norman Stines, mining engineer, the route was surveyed by James Davidson and built by George Metcalf and J B Lippencott.  Route Survey began in 1924, R/W clearing started April 1926 and project was completed May 1928.  The ditch brought 180,000 gal water/day using open canal with a gradient of 2.1 ft./mi., 15 inverted siphons, 46 and 56 in. in diameter and a 0.7 mi. long water tunnel connecting the Chatanika and Goldstream Cr. drainages.  With temprorary closure for World War II it supplied water for dredging until 1952 and continued to produce power for the Chatanika dredge until high waters during the 1967 flood damaged the water diversion structure at the head end of the ditch.

Tracking History (30529.5mi) View Map

Visited 9/17/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to L'abreuvoir Île-de-France, France - 18.06 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/17/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to A l'ombre des majestueux Île-de-France, France - 4.21 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/16/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to Révisions du bac #2 - Histoire Île-de-France, France - 5.84 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/15/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to La Cueillette de Bailly Île-de-France, France - .43 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/14/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to Tree in the Middle cache Île-de-France, France - 25.13 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/13/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to Le lavoir de Berchères-sur-Vesgre Île-de-France, France - .77 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/13/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to L'église de Saint Ouen Centre-Val-de-Loire, France - .21 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/13/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to Le lavoir de Saint Ouen Île-de-France, France - 21.77 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/12/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to L'Arche de l'Autel Normandie, France - 1.41 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/12/2015 MinionsAventuriers took it to Les Augets 1 Normandie, France - 42.51 miles  Visit Log
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