Basin Creek Fish Hatchery – Twain Harte CA

City:
Twain Harte, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

Although the hatchery was in place at least by 1930, a 1940 publication by a WPA administrator lists the WPA as having worked on the site during the 1930s.

The hatchery does not seem to be in use any longer. It is not known whether any of the buildings still exist.

Source notes

William R. Lawson. "Achievements, Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration, Northern California." 1940: 77.

Location Info

Fish Hatchery Road
Twain Harte, CA 95383
Tuolumne County

Location notes:
This hatchery was located at the confluence of Basin Creek and the North Fork of the Tuolumne River.

Coordinates: 37.994580, -120.18136

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