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Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company's Main Headgate on Kings River
Two men standing on the main headgate of Kings River of the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company canal. The water just above the gate will average about eight feet in depth for a width of sixty feet, with the pressure of fall sufficient to cause a…
Check Drop In Branch Canal Forty Miles From Main Headgate
Picture taken during the summer of 1895 when water was "low" Eight Mule team wagonners, checking the branch canal. The drops were put in for two purposes, to keep the banks from washing out and also to allow the water to be readily turned into…
A Branch Irrigation Canal Near Fresno.
Man standing on the gate of a canal where it both drops and branches off. The branch passing under the bridge at the left side of the view carries about three times the quantity of water falling over the drop. The body of water passing over the drop…
Edgerly Block, Corner of Tulare and J Street (Fresno, CA)
The Edgerly building at the corner of Tulare and J (Fulton) Streets. It is owned by A. Borel & Co of San Francisco. The postoffice department is housed here as well as, Noble Bros (raisin and fruit packers and shippers) as well as many real estate…
The First Exhibition of Citrus Fruits at the Fresno Fair.
Fresno County Citrus Fair's first fruit exhibits, from Orangedale, F.M. Chittenden, Butler Vineyard, Fresno Nursery, E.R. Foster, and Crockett Douglas, a sampling of what was seen. It was put on by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce held the first week…
Residence of the Marceau's, Fresno
The residence of Col. Theodore C. Marceau and wife (the former Mrs. Amanda J. Fiske) on M Street. They hold significant real estate investments in Fresno, but spend much of their time traveling the globe.