Misplaced Pages

Big Bend, Butte County, California

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Unincorporated community in California, United States

39°41′54″N 121°27′39″W / 39.69833°N 121.46083°W / 39.69833; -121.46083

Unincorporated community in California, United States
Big Bend
Unincorporated community
Big Bend is located in CaliforniaBig BendBig BendLocation in CaliforniaShow map of CaliforniaBig Bend is located in the United StatesBig BendBig BendBig Bend (the United States)Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 39°41′54″N 121°27′39″W / 39.69833°N 121.46083°W / 39.69833; -121.46083
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyButte County
Elevation2,310 ft (704 m)

Big Bend (formerly, Bigbend) is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 2310 feet (704 m). A post office operated in Big Bend from 1883 to 1891.

Big Bend was the site of the Big Bend Tunnel Project, established in 1880 to dig a tunnel bypassing a large bend in the Feather River so that gold could be easily recovered from the dry segment of riverbed. The project, overseen by engineer Frank McLaughlin, constructed a tunnel thirteen feet by sixteen feet in cross-section, and twelve thousand feet long. The project, however, was deemed a failure and was discontinued in 1887. The tunnel was later used as a part of the water supply to Pacific Gas and Electric's Big Bend Powerhouse.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Bend, Butte County, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 194. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. Mansfield, George C. (1918). History of Butte County, California. Los Angeles, CA: Historic Record Company. p. 299.
  4. McGie, Joseph F. (1982). History of Butte County, Volume I, 1840-1919. Butte County Board of Education. pp. 134–136.
Municipalities and communities of Butte County, California, United States
County seat: Oroville
Cities and towns
Butte County map
CDPs
Unincorporated
communities
Ghost towns
Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


Stub icon

This Butte County, California-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Big Bend, Butte County, California Add topic