Historic Resource Evaluation Project - Tuolumne Utilities District
Historic Resource Evaluation Project - Tuolumne Utilities District
Historic Resource Evaluation Project - Tuolumne Utilities District
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Figure 8. The High Flume. (Kuchel & Dresel lithograph, drawn by F. Holtzmann,<br />
courtesy of Columbia State <strong>Historic</strong> Park Archive.)<br />
In order to store water for the dry seasons, several storage reservoirs were built in the<br />
high country: the Upper or Big Dam Reservoir, built in 1856; the log filled Upper and<br />
Lower Strawberry Reservoirs built in 1856 and 1857 (replaced by the drop-filled granite<br />
dam of the Sierra and San Francisco Power Company in 1916), Herring Creek Reservoir,<br />
and Lyons Flat Reservoir, erected by the TCWC in 1857 and rebuilt in 1897-1898 on<br />
land purchased from Gardner Grey in 1881. Lyons Flat Reservoir was designed by civil<br />
engineer C. E. Grunsky and later reconstructed by PG&E (PG&E 1947:2). Other<br />
reservoirs were constructed in the lower elevations, most also to store water for local<br />
distribution during the dry months. They are discussed individually in Chapter 4 in the<br />
histories of the individual ditch systems.<br />
Foothill <strong>Resource</strong>s, Ltd. 3.9 TUD Ditch Sustainability <strong>Project</strong><br />
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<strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Evaluation</strong> Report