Brea Creek Channel
Description
“Brea Creek is one of four principal tributaries of Coyote Creek, which is a lower tributary of the San Gabriel River. It drains parts of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. The creek flows 11.7 miles (18.8 km) from the cities of Brea and Anaheim to Whittier, where its mouth is on the left bank of Coyote Creek, at a point 481 feet (147 m) lower in elevation.” (wikipedia)
The Work Projects Administration was involved in concrete channelization along the lower portion of the creek. It is unknown if the dam upstream was a part of the same project. As with most of the rivers in Southern California, development came under the Flood Control Act of 1936 following massive destruction from intense flooding in the early 20th Century.
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Brea Creek
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Brea Creek
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Brea Creek
Source notes
Bronze plaque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brea_Creek
Project originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on October 13, 2015.
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