An old engraving of a man at work to provide irrigation water to his fruit trees in southern California, USA in the 1800s. It is from an American history book of 1895. Using stone-lined ditches and wooden sluices, the Spanish missionaries were the first to redirect water from natural flowing streams and rivers to provide water to gardens and fields that surrounded the early Missions in the state. The California Gold Rush during the mid-1800s saw an increase in farming in order to provide food for the population explosion during the boom years.
An old engraving of a man at work to provide irrigation water to his fruit trees in southern California, USA in the 1800s. It is from an American history book of 1895. Using stone-lined ditches and wooden sluices, the Spanish missionaries were the first to redirect water from natural flowing streams and rivers to provide water to gardens and fields that surrounded the early Missions in the state. The California Gold Rush during the mid-1800s saw an increase in farming in order to provide food for the population explosion during the boom years.
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Location: California, USA
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