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Irrigation in Orange County

Yorba Linda, California
Historical Marker Database · Michael Kindig
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Water from the Santa Ana River was largely responsible for transforming this arid valley into productive agricultural land. Irrigation companies in Orange County were in operation as early as the 1860s. The two largest were the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company and the Anaheim Union Water Company, which operated into the 1970s. This headgate was used by the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company to divert water from canal to orchard.
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Yorba Linda, California · United States

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