Old Mission Dam
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The Old Mission Dam is a historic water impoundment structure in Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego, California. It was built about 1803 to impound the San Diego River to provide water for irrigation of the fields associated with the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first Spanish mission in what is now The State of California. It was the first major colonial-era irrigation project on the Pacific coast of the United States.[2] The surviving remnant of the dam was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963.[2]
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Old Mission Dam | |
Location | Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego, California |
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Coordinates | 32°50′24″N 117°2′32″W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1803 (1803) |
NRHP reference No. | 66000225[1] |
CHISL No. | 52 |
SDHL No. | 2 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Designated NHL | May 21, 1963[2] |
Designated CHISL | December 6, 1932[3] |
Designated SDHL | February 1, 1968[4] |
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