Balch Creek was one of Portland's sources of drinking water in the mid-19th century. Stephen Coffin and Finice Caruthers, two early Portland entrepreneurs, established the first public water supply for the city in 1857 by piping water from Caruthers Creek in southwest Portland through round fir logs with 2.5-inch (6.4 cm) holes bored in them. In 1862, the Portland Water Company added water from Balch Creek to the system. The company's infrastructure included a timber dam on Balch Creek and a 6-inch (15 cm) cast iron pipe, which continued to supply water to Portland until the 1880s. The Bull Run River in the Cascade Range to the east of the city began supplying most of Portland's drinking water in 1895.



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