Shasta County, California Bridges: Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District Flume

(40.44136 Degrees, -122.30171 Degrees) Anderson Flume

Instead of vehicles, today's bridge carries water. The Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District's (ACID) canal carries water from a stream in the hills for 1250 ft over wetlands and then back into a continuation of the stream. The bridge is composed of an 8' by 5' concrete box supported by open spandrel arch spans. The flume was built in 1918 and it's still working, but it's in desperate need of repairs. Walking along the flume we could see that the concrete had spalled off in many places, the rebar was corroded, and water was leaking, especially at the joints between arch spans.

Shasta County, California Bridges: Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District Flume by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.