Derby Dike

San Diego County · San Diego River Flood Control Channel · location approximate

The San Diego Herald, September 24, 1853: "Improvement of San Diego River. This work was commenced by Lieutenant Derby, U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers.... His orders were 'to excavate the former channel of the river discharging into Flase Bay and to build a levee... from a point near the Old Town to... the opposite high land... to counteract the action of subsequent freshets....'" Derby Dike does not exist anymore because of land development.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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