Crib Dam

     Archaeologists exposed the remains of the cribs at the lower (main) dam. The historical drawing showed the cribs as built of logs and filled with stones. Historical accounts said that the cribs were constructed of lumber from buildings and that machinery, stone and brick filled them. The archaeologists confirmed the written records that said the framework of the cribs was hewn timbers from buildings. However, archaeology showed that the cribs had been filled with clayey sand, topped with stones and brick rubble. Archaeologists found an iron sugar kettle fragment in the crib area mixed among stone and brick pieces. The broken kettle may have been in, or on, a crib.

(Above) Closeup view of exposed crib timbers from crib section of Lower Bailey's Dam, facing northeast. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: HAER LA, 40-ALEX. V,2-16.

(Top) Closeup view of sandstone boulder concentration in crib section of Lower Bailey's Dam, facing north. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: HAER LA, 40-ALEX. V,2-17.

(Bottom) View of crib section of Lower Bailey's Dam, facing northwest. Courtesy of the Library of Congress: HAER LA, 40-ALEX. V,2-21.