Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT
Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More
Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT
Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 19 (House), 30622Wellto...
Significance: Building 19, as part of the former Wellton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 1949 a... More
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Pima Lateral, Main Canal at Sacaton Dam...
Survey number: HAER AZ-50-H Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR
Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More
Howard Ditch, East Boulder Community Park, Boulder, Boulder County, CO
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Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne...
Significance: The Knight Ditch is significant in Uinta Basin irrigation history for several reasons. The remaining flumes are excellent examples of canal building technology in the early 20th century. Vandali... More
San Carlos Irrigation Project, San Tan Flood Water Canal, North Side o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dam, cascade, water stream, waterfall, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...
Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 2, Bounded by Inte...
Significance: With the completion of the irrigation system , Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lower Gila River Valley. The canal was the first of several main canals constructe... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 2, Bounded by Inte...
Significance: With the completion of the irrigation system , Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lower Gila River Valley. The canal was the first of several main canals constructe... More
Swan Falls Dam, Carpenter Shop, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID
For written descriptive information, see narrative report on Swan Falls Dam, HAER ID-20. Significance: Swan Falls Dam was the first hydroelectric dam on Snake River in Idaho, and one of the earliest built in th... More
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Marin Canal, Amhurst-Hayden Dam to Pica...
Survey number: HAER AZ-50-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Marin Canal, Amhurst-Hayden Dam to Pica...
Survey number: HAER AZ-50-E Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Blacksmith Shop-Iron...
Significance: This building was built to replace the original blacksmith shop on the same site that burned on June 13, 1924. The existing building has been part o the complex since 1924 and was used for blacks... More
Reclaiming vast areas by irrigation the great Roosevelt Dam, Yuma, Ari...
Stereograph showing Theodore Roosevelt Dam. J218068 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 16742.
King Hill Bridge, Spanning Snake River at State Route No. 93808A, King...
Significance: It is significant as a rare variation of a truss bridge combining overhead spans with a pony approach span. The structure is the most outstanding Idaho truss bridge built by the Minneapolis Steel ... More
Washing along the irrigation ditch, Chamisal, New Mexico
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Nº 408. Sakieh (Noria) - Egypt
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This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine w...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Irrigation Water Wheel, Hastings Ranch, Green River, Emery County, UT
Survey number: HAER UT-18 Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 1, Bounded by Gila...
Significance: Construction on the project began in 1949 and was essentially completed in 1957. With the completion of the irrigation system, Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lo... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 1, Bounded by Gila...
Significance: Construction on the project began in 1949 and was essentially completed in 1957. With the completion of the irrigation system, Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lo... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...
Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More
Outlook Irrigation District, Pumping Plant & Woodstave Pipe, Hudson Ro...
Significance: The Outlook Irrigation District (OID) is part of one of the earliest, largest, and most successful federal reclamation projects, the Yakima Project. The OID is part of the Sunnyside Division of t... More
North Canal Dam & Diversion Canals, Deschutes Reclamation & Irrigation...
Survey number: HAER OR-61-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Ashurst-Hayden Dam, Power House, Gila R...
Survey number: HAER AZ-50-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Ashurst-Hayden Dam, Power House, Gila R...
Survey number: HAER AZ-50-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Pecos River Flume, On Main Canal, .5 mil...
Significance: The Pecos River Flume carries the main canal of the Carlsbad Irrigation District across the Pecos River Channel. The flume was designed by Thomas Taylor Johnston, a civil engineer from Chicago, a... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Wasteway No. 1, Wellton-Mohawk Canal...
Significance: With the completion of the irrigation system, Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lower Gila River Valley. A wastewater allows for the rapid discharge of water from ... More
Twin Rock Irrigation Ditch, West bank of Animas River, East of U.S. Hi...
Significance: The ditch is integral to the settlement and agricultural development of the community of Riverside, New Mexico. Today, the ditch continues to serve agricultural purposes, as originally intended. ... More
Twin Rock Irrigation Ditch, West bank of Animas River, East of U.S. Hi...
Significance: The ditch is integral to the settlement and agricultural development of the community of Riverside, New Mexico. Today, the ditch continues to serve agricultural purposes, as originally intended. ... More
Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, ...
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Swan Falls Dam, Storage Shed B, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID
For written descriptive information, see narrative report on Swan Falls Dam, HAER ID-20. Significance: Swan Falls Dam was the first hydroelectric dam on Snake River in Idaho, and one of the earliest built in th... More
Canal (Irrigation) de Riego, Betances, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR
Survey number: HAER PR-5 Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Swan Falls Dam, Storage Shed A, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID
For written descriptive information, see narrative report on Swan Falls Dam, HAER ID-20. Significance: Swan Falls Dam was the first hydroelectric dam on Snake River in Idaho, and one of the earliest built in th... More
Swan Falls Dam, Storage Shed A, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID
For written descriptive information, see narrative report on Swan Falls Dam, HAER ID-20. Significance: Swan Falls Dam was the first hydroelectric dam on Snake River in Idaho, and one of the earliest built in th... More
Pioneer Mill Company, Upper Lahaina Pump Ditch & Makila Reservoir Ditc...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bitter Root Irrigation Project, Como Dam, West of U.S. Highway 93, Dar...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N816 Survey number: HAER MT-89-A
Bitter Root Irrigation Project, Como Dam, West of U.S. Highway 93, Dar...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N816 Survey number: HAER MT-89-A
Bitter Root Irrigation Project, Como Dam, West of U.S. Highway 93, Dar...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N816 Survey number: HAER MT-89-A
Bitter Root Irrigation Project, Como Dam, West of U.S. Highway 93, Dar...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N816 Survey number: HAER MT-89-A
Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company Canal, Bend, Deschutes County, OR
Significance: The canal is significant as a component of the first large-scale irrigation project in Central Oregon. Built by the Deschutes Irrigation and Power Company, the canal was one of two early irrigatio... More
Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duc...
Significance: The Rocky Point Canal is significant for its importance in supplying irrigation water to farms near the City of Duchesne. With the failure of the Blue Bench Irrigation District #1 (Knight Ditch),... More
Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duc...
Significance: The Rocky Point Canal is significant for its importance in supplying irrigation water to farms near the City of Duchesne. With the failure of the Blue Bench Irrigation District #1 (Knight Ditch),... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, East Side Canal, 1 mile North to 2 miles...
Significance: The Carlsbad Irrigation District is nationally significant as an excellent surviving representation of a large turn-of-the-century reclamation system. The District includes significant engineerin... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, East Side Canal, 1 mile North to 2 miles...
Significance: The Carlsbad Irrigation District is nationally significant as an excellent surviving representation of a large turn-of-the-century reclamation system. The District includes significant engineerin... More
North Canal Dam & Diversion Canals, North Canal, North Division Street...
Survey number: HAER OR-61-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001303
North Canal Dam & Diversion Canals, North Canal, North Division Street...
Survey number: HAER OR-61-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001303
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Shed, Sixth & Taylor...
Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Company Ditch, Near intersection of Lance Hill & Mullinex Roads, Chene...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 3, South of Inters...
Significance: The Wellton-Mohawk Canal was the first of several main canals constructed in association with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Engineers designed the gravity-fed system to carry wa... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 3, South of Inters...
Significance: The Wellton-Mohawk Canal was the first of several main canals constructed in association with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Engineers designed the gravity-fed system to carry wa... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 3, South of Inters...
Significance: The Wellton-Mohawk Canal was the first of several main canals constructed in association with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Engineers designed the gravity-fed system to carry wa... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 3, South of Inters...
Significance: The Wellton-Mohawk Canal was the first of several main canals constructed in association with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Engineers designed the gravity-fed system to carry wa... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Zion National Park Irrigation System, Springdale Canal, Springdale, Wa...
Survey number: HAER UT-38-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Zion National Park Irrigation System, Springdale Canal, Springdale, Wa...
Survey number: HAER UT-38-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gage Irrigation Canal, Running from Santa Ana River to Arlington Heigh...
Significance: The Gage Irrigation Canal was instrumental in the development of citrus production and the settlement of the Riverside area. At the time of its completion, the canal was the most ambitious irriga... More
Gage Irrigation Canal, Running from Santa Ana River to Arlington Heigh...
Significance: The Gage Irrigation Canal was instrumental in the development of citrus production and the settlement of the Riverside area. At the time of its completion, the canal was the most ambitious irriga... More
Gage Irrigation Canal, Running from Santa Ana River to Arlington Heigh...
Significance: The Gage Irrigation Canal was instrumental in the development of citrus production and the settlement of the Riverside area. At the time of its completion, the canal was the most ambitious irriga... More
Pilot Butte Canal, Bend, Deschutes County, OR
Significance: Construction and completion of the canal in 1904 introduced irrigation to Central Oregon and contributed to the settlement, growth and creation of Bend. Although several other private irrigation c... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Main Canal, 4 miles North to 12 miles So...
Significance: The Carlsbad Irrigation District is nationally significant as an excellent surviving representation of a large turn-of-the-century reclamation system. The District includes significant engineerin... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Main Canal, 4 miles North to 12 miles So...
Significance: The Carlsbad Irrigation District is nationally significant as an excellent surviving representation of a large turn-of-the-century reclamation system. The District includes significant engineerin... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Main Canal, 4 miles North to 12 miles So...
Significance: The Carlsbad Irrigation District is nationally significant as an excellent surviving representation of a large turn-of-the-century reclamation system. The District includes significant engineerin... More
Tumalo Irrigation District, Tumalo Project, West of Deschutes River, T...
Significance: Tumalo Project structures and features are significant for their association with a troubled irrigation system built during the early twentieth century in the Upper Deschutes River Basin. For most... More
Tumalo Irrigation District, Tumalo Project, West of Deschutes River, T...
Significance: Tumalo Project structures and features are significant for their association with a troubled irrigation system built during the early twentieth century in the Upper Deschutes River Basin. For most... More
Kachess Dam, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, ...
Significance: The dam and reservoir provide nearly a quarter of the water stored for the Yakima Project, which irrigates the Yakima Valley in central Washington. The valley, while blessed with a greater natural... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles Nort...
Significance: Avalon Dam serves as a diversion structure feeding the Carlsbad Irrigation District's canal network; the reservoir supplements the storage capacity of McMillan Dam, the system's main storage reser... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles Nort...
Significance: Avalon Dam serves as a diversion structure feeding the Carlsbad Irrigation District's canal network; the reservoir supplements the storage capacity of McMillan Dam, the system's main storage reser... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles Nort...
Significance: Avalon Dam serves as a diversion structure feeding the Carlsbad Irrigation District's canal network; the reservoir supplements the storage capacity of McMillan Dam, the system's main storage reser... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles Nort...
Significance: Avalon Dam serves as a diversion structure feeding the Carlsbad Irrigation District's canal network; the reservoir supplements the storage capacity of McMillan Dam, the system's main storage reser... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles Nort...
Significance: Avalon Dam serves as a diversion structure feeding the Carlsbad Irrigation District's canal network; the reservoir supplements the storage capacity of McMillan Dam, the system's main storage reser... More
Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles Nort...
Significance: Avalon Dam serves as a diversion structure feeding the Carlsbad Irrigation District's canal network; the reservoir supplements the storage capacity of McMillan Dam, the system's main storage reser... More
Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake,...
The Columbia Basin Project is located in 5 counties: Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Stevens Significance: At the time of construction, Grand Coulee Dam was the most massive structure ever built: construct... More
Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...
Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More