Snake River Valley Irrigation District, East Side of Snake River (River Mile 796), Shelley, Bingham County, ID

Significance: The Snake River Valley Irrigation District is an example of an early irrigation district that was formed to provide more effective management of the Cedar Point, Snake River Valley, West Branch, and East Line canals. The Cedar Point Canal was the first canal constructed by settlers in the Basalt area. Construction of the Snake River Valley Canal System near Shelley followed. The combined systems brought into irrigation 15,000 acres by 1906. The irrigation of semi-arid lands adjacent to the Snake River resulted in a major population increase and the economic growth of the area.
Survey number: HAER ID-10
Building/structure dates: 1884- 1886 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1895 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1903-1904 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work