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Zanja Madre unearthed

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Order Number	00039989
Title	Zanja Madre unearthed
Photographer	Molina, Genaro.
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Industries-Water and Power-Water-Early development
Date	2000
Physical Description	1 photograph :color
Description	Photo of the Zanja Madre irrigation system. The ditch was unearthed in February 2000 by Craig Howell and Melody Carver, two history buffs who acquaintances say like to dig things up. The irrigation ditch believed to have been dug in 1781 when Los Angeles was founded, was discovered in Chinatown by the two amateur archeologists. The Zanja Madre system ran from the Los Angeles River for more than a mile to the pueblo's plaza, where the Olvera Street marketplace is now. Residents not only got their drinking water from the ditch, but the surrounding vineyards and farmland were irrigated by its water. The site, where the discovery was made, is referred to by many as the Cornfield--a nod to the past, when the parcel produced tons of corn.
Subject	Water-supply--California--Los Angeles. Water diversion--California--Los Angeles. Zanja Madre (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection