Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company Canal, Bend, Deschutes County, OR
Summary
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 irrigation facilities constructed to irrigate desert land for prospective settlers in the central Oregon region in the early 20th century. This initial canal system was instrumental in the establishment of Bend, Oregon and its surrounding communities...
Survey number: HAER OR-63
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Bend, 44.05817, -121.31531
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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