1966 Map of Bakersfield
USGS Topo · Published 1966About this map
Bakersfield and the southern Sierra Nevada dominate this mid-1960s landscape, illustrating the complex water management systems essential to the San Joaquin Valley. The network of the California Aqueduct, Friant-Kern Canal, and Arvin-Edison Canal underscores the region's agricultural intensive development, while dry features like Goose Lake Bed and Kern Lake Bed hint at the natural hydrology transformed by these works. To the west, the Antelope Plain and Temblor Range provide the setting for significant energy infrastructure, most notably the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 and Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2 near Taft. In the east, the transition from the valley floor to the high peaks of the Greenhorn Mountains and Tehachapi Mountains is marked by the engineering of Tehachapi Pass, a vital corridor for both the Southern Pacific railroad and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe.
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