Davidson Ditch

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Owner:: Rocknocker Message this owner
Released:: Friday, May 23, 2014
Origin:: Alaska, United States
Recently Spotted:: In the hands of dune9111.

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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

8/23/2015	TLF78 discovered it		Visit Log
Vus dans la forêt de Ste Ap
8/23/2015	Chocoboy007 discovered it		Visit Log
Aperçu lors d'un mini event de la Team Monkey, pour la cache GC5H4TN :)
8/23/2015	RGX78 discovered it		Visit Log
Découvert dans le sac magique de Kirdec, le Monkey Urbain, lors de la cache STE-AP #MONKEYS !
8/23/2015	Ben-28 discovered it		Visit Log
Vu dans les mains de Kirdec lors de la grimpe de http://coord.info/GC5H4TN Bon voyage petit travel bug ! Merci pour le partage.
8/19/2015	Nebola discovered it		Visit Log
Discovered during our west coast trip to attend the last Block Party in 2015, HQ headquarters and some more interesting caches. Thanks for showing it to us.
8/18/2015	Kirdec retrieved it from 2015 Geocaching Block Party	Washington	Visit Log
TB récupéré aux USA durant mes vacances dans l'Oregon et le Washington à la recherche des vieilles caches, la visite du Géocaching HQ, la Block Party et le Mega Going to APE. Merci Kirdec
8/16/2015	Zellid discovered it		Visit Log
Seen At The Block Party Thank You
8/15/2015	2nd1of3 discovered it		Visit Log
Spotted this trackable at the 2015 Geocaching Block Party, GC5G4X5. Thanks for sharing it.
8/15/2015	Skadi placed it in 2015 Geocaching Block Party	Washington - .2 miles	Visit Log
Dropped in 2015 Geocaching Block Party (GC5G4X5)
8/13/2015	Skadi took it to A Pint Among Friends - 2015 Edition	Washington - .19 miles	Visit Log
Visited A Pint Among Friends - 2015 Edition (GC5TBX0)
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