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Chesbro Reservoir Ruins
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This bridge and the other normally-inundated features near it are ONLY visible and accessible in the late summer and early fall seasons.
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Type: Outdoors, normally under water, lakebed
Status: Active
Accessibility: Moderate
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby, but do it before the rainy season!
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unsafe flooring flooding water deep mud, "quicksand-like" silt, tarantulas
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When the dam was built in 1955 and Llagas Creek (near the dam) was flooded, it inundated an old concrete bridge over the creek which was built in 1937. There was also a "ranch" home right on the shores of the creek. The bridge is 99% in tact, but the paved roads on both sides of it are heavily eroded. Only the concrete outlying foundation of the ranch exist today. It appears to have been a wood-floored structure as the concrete foundation is only on the perimeter. There are also some old rusted pipes and a capped water well. The large boulders were place by the Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District (known today as just "Santa Clara Valley Water District") to prevent any off-road vehicles from driving down into the dry lakebed and over the bridge, risking a collapse. There's also an old burned down biker bar from 1957 (building from 1909) along the main road. It used to be a haven for motorcyclists and the like.
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gloves waders or mud boots
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Elmer J. Chesbro was the president of the Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District at the time of the construction of Chesbro dam and reservoir in 1955. Chesbro dam and reservoir are located on Llagas Creek three miles west of Morgan Hill. The reservoir can store 7,945 acre-feet of water. Its surface area is 283 acres.
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Pano of empty reservoir and abandoned/flooded Llagas Bridge
Sun, Oct 14th, 2007
posted by cambrianguy
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 8/25/2023 1:34 AM.
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on Aug 25 23 at 1:34, Emperor Wang validated this location on Aug 25 23 at 1:33, Emperor Wang changed the following: Interesting Features, Security Measures, Future Plans on Aug 25 23 at 1:31, Emperor Wang changed the following: History, Interesting Features, Security Measures, Web Links on Oct 15 07 at 0:28, Emperor Wang validated this location on Oct 14 07 at 22:41, cambrianguy updated panorama Pano of empty reservoir and abandoned/flooded Llagas Bridge on Oct 14 07 at 22:35, cambrianguy updated a panorama image on Oct 14 07 at 22:32, cambrianguy changed the following: Interesting Features on Oct 14 07 at 22:31, cambrianguy changed the following: City on Sep 29 07 at 0:58, Emperor Wang validated this location on Sep 27 07 at 15:00, cambrianguy added some pictures to a gallery
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