Oakhurst in Madera County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Madera Sugar Pine Flume

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, June 5, 2015

1. Madera Sugar Pine Flume Marker

Inscription. Taking two years to construct and opening in August 1876, The flume ran 52 miles from Sugar Pine sawmill to the planing mill and railroad in Madera. This wooden flume transported lumber and loggers to Madera across deep canyons, streams and mountainsides. An awesome engineering feat. Shut down in the 1890's. Then rebuilt and reopened in the 1900. It survived until the Great Depression in 1933. Above is one of the few remaining pieces of the amazing flume that began near here.

Erected 1998 by The Grub Gulch Chapter of E. Clampus Vitus.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1876.

Location. 37° 22.574′ N, 119° 37.575′ W. Marker is in Oakhurst, California, in Madera County. It is at the intersection of California Route 41 and Cain Drive, on the right when traveling north on California Route 41. Marker is 3 miles north of Oakhurst on Highway 41. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oakhurst CA 93644, United States

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of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Joaquin Valley,

specifically in the Central Valley,

and in the Sierra Nevada.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gold Rush Entertainment Lives On (approx. 1.3 miles away); Bissett Station (approx. 1.8 miles away); Giant Sequoia Cutting (approx. 3 miles away); Little Church on the Hill (approx. 3.1 miles away); Acorn Granary (approx. 3.3 miles away); Grinding Holes (approx. 3.3 miles away); Oakhurst Centennial (approx. 3.3 miles away); Local Indigenous Dwellings (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakhurst.

Also see . . . "Sugar Pine Lumber Company & Madera Flume" by Linda Gast. Yosemite This Year entry (Submitted on January 3, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, June 5, 2015

2. Madera Sugar Pine Flume Marker

Madera Sugar Pine Flume image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, June 5, 2015

3. Madera Sugar Pine Flume

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, June 5, 2015

4. Madera Sugar Pine Flume

At the turnoff to ECCO conference center and the Grove retirement community.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,889 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 20, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.