[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by oldstuff

The water from the area of Echo Park Lake came down to power the woolen mill and also because wool has to be washed a lot before it is spun, it would take a lot of water. The name "woolen mill tract" remains to this day in the property descriptions which are filed with the County Assessor's office.

Originally Posted by tovangar2

The mill must be just out of shot to the right in this post-1886 view (I think the attendant sheds are just in view though). I kept missing it:

lapl/wm henry fletcher, n.d.

Note the little arroyo (behind the dark house in the center foreground at the NW corner of 5th and Flower), which carried Los Reyes and the waste water away from the mill (the waste water was piped under what-was-then Pearl Street before being, once again, exposed to the air) as shown on the plat map posted by FW. Note that the water was piped under Flower St too.
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The structure, south of the mill, with the tank:

lapl (detail from top image)


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