Highline Extension Canal, Denver, Denver County, CO

Linear resource covering a wide area. See documentation for exact location of extant features.
Significance: The canal system helped promote the agricultural settlement of the west-central Adams County. The privately financed irrigation company planned for irrigation water to be delivered to 60,000 acres of land in what was then Adams County for use by farmers. The canal system failed to deliver the water and became instead an example of irrigation-based land speculation.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N313
Survey number: HAER CO-67
Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1924- 1925 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work