Automobile Club of Southern California free water well - Essex, CA
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N 34° 43.879 W 115° 14.957
11S E 660285 N 3844643
Free water well on Route 66.
Waymark Code: WM148MD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2021
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With early vehicles on Route 66 tending to overheat and water a scarce commodity, the Automobile Club of Southern California dug a free well in Essex for public use. Depression-era rates for water were $.10 a gallon, quite expensive for the times and equivalent to $1.40 today.
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Route 66
Essex, CA United States
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