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Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Summary
Significance: Settlement of the Montezuma Valley was made possible in the 1880s with the constructino of the irrigation system. Organized by Cames W. Kanna, the complex series of tunnel (5,400 foot long), "Great Cut," headgates, and diversion dams channeled water from the Dolores River through a steep divide. The system constitutes one of the earliest large scale, privately funded and continuously operating irrigation projects in the Southwest.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1281
Survey number: HAER CO-4
Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hanna , James W
Mack , J M
Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company
Montezuma Water Supply Company
Arbecan, B L
Turner, E S
Chamberlain, A B
Cortez Land & Investment Company
Colorado Consolidated Land & Water Company
Tuttle, Henry N
Carpenter, S W
Montezuma Water & Land Company
Gordon, R R
Smith, H H
Wilson, John S
Empire Construction Company
Canfield, D A
Kittell, E H
Myler, W I
Henry, E W
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Coe Construction
Dolores Number Two Land & Canal Company
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
colorado, 37.47388, -108.50454
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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