Miner Channel, Stockton

El Dorado Bridge

Bulkheads and El Dorado Street Bridge, Miner Channel, ca. 1880, west of project block

Buildings on Channel

Buildings constructed over Miner Channel, ca. 1895; view to east from the San Joaquin Street bridge

Bottle of Crow Remains

Glass bottle found in the Sing Lee Laundry deposit; inside were the remains of five American crows

Bottle with Dye

Brown glass bitter bottle that has been reused to contain bluing dye for Sing Lee Laundry operations

El Dorado Bridge
Buildings on Channel
Bottle of Crow Remains
Bottle with Dye

Miner Channel, Stockton

Date
: 
August, 2000 to September, 2000
Period
: 
Historic
Type
: 
excavation
Context
: 
CEQA
City
: 
Stockton
County
: 
San Joaquin
State
: 
California
Full Report
: 
Historic Archaeological Investigations of the City Center Cinemas Block, Stockton, CA

ASC archaeologists tested and excavated lots on a Stockton city block in 2000. This excerpt from the 2004 Final Technical Report contains interpretive studies on two important research areas of the project: the role of waterway reclamation programs in shaping Stockton’s urban landscape, and insights into the lives of early Chinese workers in Stockton provided by the Sing Lee Laundry archaeological deposit.