Country United States County Kern County Local time Thursday 7:56 AM | State California Elevation 1,209 m | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 71% Humidity | ||
Monolith (formerly, Aqueduct) is an unincorporated community in the Tehachapi Valley, in Kern County, California.
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Map of Monolith, CA 93561, USA
The community is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Tehachapi, at an elevation of 3966 feet (1209 m) in the Southern Sierra Nevada and eastern Tehachapi Pass areas.
History
The Aqueduct post office opened in 1908, and changed its name to Monolith in 1910.
Aqueduct−Monolith began as a camp for workers at a cement plant for the Owens Valley aqueduct project, supplying materials for the construction of concrete structures. William Mulholland bestowed the name change, due to a huge limestone deposit.
References
Monolith, California Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA