{"id":5596,"date":"2026-04-01T21:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/?page_id=5596"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:44:54","slug":"women-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/index.php\/women-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Water History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5596\" class=\"elementor elementor-5596\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-854e86f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"854e86f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fad84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7fad84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac1b96 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ac1b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>San Diego\u2019s Old Town relied mostly on wells dug in Mission Valley, the floodplain of the San Diego River.The transfer of the civic center of San Diego from Old Town to its present harbor side location followed the growth of shipping commerce using the newly dredged harbor.<\/p><p>Delivering water from the San Diego River to the growing population in New Town required pumping it out of the valley and over the San Diego Mesa. Reservoirs were located in Balboa Park, University Heights,Bankers Hill and Mission Hills.<\/p><p>The name \u201cHillcrest\u201d (which was originated by Laura Anderson in 1907) may have been inspired by the location where the water supply pipes changed from pumped to gravity driven.<\/p><p>For a Water History timeline \u2013 Visit HillQuest.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f6830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"18f6830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/hillquest.com\/history\/hillcrest-and-san-diego-water-history-timeline\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\"> Hillcrest Water History Timeline <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-515cd4f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"515cd4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9f1607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9f1607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"widget-title\"><em>Other Timelines<\/em><\/h4><ul><li id=\"menu-item-1305\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1305\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/timelines\/hillcrest-history-guild-timelines-architecture\/\">Architecture<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1303\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1303\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/timelines\/balboa-park-time-line\/\">Balboa Park<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1352\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1352\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hillquest.com\/recreation\/uptown-bridge-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridges<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1356\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1356\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hillquest.com\/community\/hillcrest-city-fest-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CityFest<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1353\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1353\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/city-clerk\/geninfo\/history.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City History<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1304\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1304\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/timelines\/hillcrest-timeline\/\">Hillcrest<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1324\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1324\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/timelines\/hillcrest-history-guild-timelines-medical\/\">Medical<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1315\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1315\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/timelines\/hillcrest-history-guild-timelines-water-history\/\">Water History<\/a><\/span><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-1355\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-1232 current_page_item menu-item-1355\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/hillcresthistory.org\/timelines\/women\/\" aria-current=\"page\">Women<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego\u2019s Old Town relied mostly on wells dug in Mission Valley, the floodplain of the San Diego River.The transfer of the civic center of San Diego from Old Town to its present harbor side location followed the growth of shipping commerce using the newly dredged harbor. 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