Tagged: Davidson Ditch

Ambitious Davidson Ditch brought water to Fairbanks dredges

Davidson Ditch inverted siphon across U.S. Creek “Ditch” is such a mundane word and certainly doesn’t accurately describe the Davidson Ditch, the 90-mile long system of open earthwork canals, steel pipe and tunnel that...

Bucyrus steam shovel at Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska

This is a photo of the old steam shovel at Pioneer Park here in Fairbanks. It was used in the 1920s to build the Davidson Ditch, a 90-mile long aqueduct that brought water from...