Stockton in the 1900s

 

Below the pavement, archaeologists found the remains of a laundry on Channel Street run by immigrants from China in the early 1900s.

 

 

 

 

 

In the 1900s Stockton was an important inland port for travelers and goods. The laundry was near the waterfront, in an area of Stockton that had many services for travelers. The laundry’s neighbors were a hotel, a brewery, stables, a dairy, and another Chinese laundry. Some families also lived nearby, in small houses along Miner Avenue.

 

Behind the Chinese laundry was a creek called Miner Channel. During spring, this creek often flooded. Around 1917 it was piped underground to stop the floods.

 

Find out more about Chinese heritage in Stockton here.