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Anthony Chabot Regional Park is a regional park in Oakland, Alameda County, California in the United States. It is part of the East Bay Regional Park District system, and covers 5,067 acres (2,051 ha) in the San Leandro Hills adjacent to Oakland , San Leandro and Castro Valley .
Anthony Chabot (/ ʃ ə ˈ b oʊ /; August 13, 1813 – January 6, 1888) was a nineteenth-century businessman and entrepreneur, notable for his contribution to developing hydraulic mining and for building water systems, especially in the Bay Area, so much that he became known as the "Water King".
The East Bay Water Company was harshly criticized for its failure to deliver enough water to successfully fight the fire. Much of the problem arose from having a system of small private water companies who obtained water either from their own wells or from runoff, then pumped the water to the water companies' wells, Chabot and Temescal.
The Chabot-to-Garin Regional Trail (part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail) runs along the east side of the Cull Canyon reservoir.The trail then leads north through property owned by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for 6 miles (9.7 km) to EBMUD's Chabot staging area on Redwood Road.
Anthony Chabot, the "Water King", father of hydraulic mining and benefactor of Chabot Space & Science Center [2] Charles Crocker, railroad magnate, banker [2] William E. Dargie, Owner, Oakland Tribune; J. A. Folger, founder of Folgers Coffee [1] Peter Folger (1905–1980), American coffee heir, socialite
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Chabot Space and Science Center has three observatory telescopes, all of which are open to the public on weekends. "Leah" is an 8" refractor telescope built in 1883 by Alvan Clark & Sons and donated by Anthony Chabot. [6] "Rachel" is a 20" refractor telescope (28 ft focal length), commissioned in 1914 from Warner & Swasey, with optics by John ...
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