WATER APPROPRIATION FROM KINGS RIVER. 

 mVEBDALE DITCH. 



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The Riverdale Ditch was built in 1875 and is owned by a corporation. It 

 receives water from the south channel of Murphy Slough through a headgate used 



HEADWORKS 



OF 



A Riverdale and Burrell Ditches 

 B Crescent Canal 

 C Stimson Canal 



Fig. 16.— a, headworks of Riverdale and Burrell ditches; B, headworks of Crescent Canal; C, headworks of Stimson 



Canal. 



in common with the Burrell Ditch. (Fig. 16 A.) Its capacity is about 15 cubic feet 

 per second, its bed width being onlj' about 10 feet. It senses a small area in the 

 vicinitj- of Riverdale with water. 



BT7BBELL DITCH. 



This ditch has a common head with the Riverdale Ditch. (Fig. 16 B.) It was 

 constructed in 1890, and has a capacity of about 65 cubic feet per second. It receives 

 water from Mui-phy Slough, under control of the Murphy Slough Association. 



