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Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue,...

Significance: The Burley Substation is significant as a distribution component of the United States Reclamation Service's Minidoka Project, which pioneered agricultural development and the market for commercial... More

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue,...

Significance: The Burley Substation is significant as a distribution component of the United States Reclamation Service's Minidoka Project, which pioneered agricultural development and the market for commercial... More

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 6 A-B (Duplex), 30651 & 30653 Wellton-Mohawk Drive, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 6 A-B (Duplex), 30651 &...

Significance: Building 6 A-B, as part of the former Willton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 194... More

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 3, South of Interstate 8, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

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 Interstate 8, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

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 Interstate 8, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

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 County, ID

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 County, ID

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 County, ID

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

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 21 (House), 30602 Wellton-Mohawk Drive, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 21 (House), 30602 Wellt...

Significance: Building 21, 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

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duc...

Survey number: HAER UT-30-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Machine Shop, Sixth & Taylor Streets, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Machine Shop, Sixth ...

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Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Machine Shop, Sixth & Taylor Streets, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Machine Shop, Sixth ...

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Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Machine Shop, Sixth & Taylor Streets, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Machine Shop, Sixth ...

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Gage Irrigation Canal, Running from Santa Ana River to Arlington Heights, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

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 Heights, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

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 Heights, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

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 Heights, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

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 Heights, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

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

Carlsbad Irrigation District, Main Canal, 4 miles North to 12 miles Southeast of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 Southeast of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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, Tumalo, Deschutes County, OR

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, Tumalo, Deschutes County, OR

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, Tumalo, Deschutes County, OR

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, Tumalo, Deschutes County, OR

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, Tumalo, Deschutes County, OR

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, Kittitas County, WA

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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 North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

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, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

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

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

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

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

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

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

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

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

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 & Colorado State Route 65, Cameo, Mesa County, CO

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

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 & Colorado State Route 65, Cameo, Mesa County, CO

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

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 & Colorado State Route 65, Cameo, Mesa County, CO

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

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R6E S12/13, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R6E S12/13, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-D Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, construction workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R6E S12/13, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R6E S12/13, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Irrigation wheel at Ahualalco [sic]

Irrigation wheel at Ahualalco [sic]

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hama (Hamath). Water-wheel and aqueduct for irrigation

Hama (Hamath). Water-wheel and aqueduct for irrigation

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irrigation ditch east of Cozad, Nebraska

Irrigation ditch east of Cozad, Nebraska

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hired Mule Team Corrugating, ca. 1930

Hired Mule Team Corrugating, ca. 1930

Forming parallel irrigation channels Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agriculture in Egypt. Primitive irrigation. Close-up showing method of raising water from canals by means of spiral tube

Agriculture in Egypt. Primitive irrigation. Close-up showing method of...

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Opening the gate that allows water to flow into the field from irrigation ditch. New Mexico

Opening the gate that allows water to flow into the field from irrigat...

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The All-American Canal under construction, Imperial County, California.  This big earth ditch will open new territory for cultivation by bringing water for irrigation to deserts of southern California adjacent to the Imperial Valley

The All-American Canal under construction, Imperial County, California...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Onion field, irrigated, near Eagle Pass, Texas

Onion field, irrigated, near Eagle Pass, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

Irrigating citrus orchard near San Juan, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Daugherty home. Note siphon which brings irrigation water from the opposite bench. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption 74

The Daugherty home. Note siphon which brings irrigation water from the...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Citrus grove being irrigated near San Juan, Texas

Citrus grove being irrigated near San Juan, Texas

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Valves to irrigation gates. Main irrigation canal in Maricopa County, Arizona

Valves to irrigation gates. Main irrigation canal in Maricopa County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man tending to a cow. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a man tending to a cow. Great Depression Er...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leveling the land for irrigation on the Bosque Farms project. The tract of two thousand four hundred acres to be cultivated under irrigation. New Mexico

Leveling the land for irrigation on the Bosque Farms project. The trac...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to Dead Ox Flat from the Owyhee Reservoir. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a pipe, pipeline, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Child of farmer living on Vale-Owyhee irrigation project at Malheur County, Oregon

Child of farmer living on Vale-Owyhee irrigation project at Malheur Co...

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Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project is impounded here. Malheur County, Oregon

Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigati...

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Farm home of E.E. Botner, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower living at Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, a part of the Owyhee irrigation project

Farm home of E.E. Botner, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cherry orchards at Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. Notice the wide irrigation ditches. Water for irrigation is supplied by the Black Canyon Reservoir

Cherry orchards at Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. Notice the wide irrigati...

Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Botner, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower, wringing laundry in electric wringer. This family has been on the project for about five years. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Mrs. Botner, wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farm scene on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower Nyssa Heights, Oregon, Malheur County. The first year that this land on the Owyhee irrigation project is farmed it is impossible to grow any crops except hay. The farmers in the beginning had a few cows because of lack of funds to start herds, but within two or three years, herds began to increase and now much of the feed on the farm is used by home herd

Farm scene on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitatio...

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Owyhee Dam which impounds water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Owyhee Dam which impounds water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project...

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Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrowers living on Dead Ox Flat. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Children playing under wagon at the Schroder farm, FSA (Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Headgate. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Headgate. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

People in photograph: Marshall, Howard W. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife P... More

Mural "Salt River Irrigation Project, Arizona," by Frank MacKenzie at the Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Salt River Irrigation Project, Arizona," by Frank MacKenzie at ...

Date: 1928; dimensions: 84" x 178 3/4"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit... More

Swan Falls Dam, Wood Shop, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, Wood 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, Ashurst-Hayden Dam, Gila River, T4S R11E S7, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Ashurst-Hayden Dam, Gila River, T4S R11...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-A Public domain photograph of a river with a town on a background, reflection in the water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 16 A-B (Duplex), 30652 & 30654 Wellton-Mohawk Drive, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 16 A-B (Duplex), 30652 ...

Significance: Building 16 A-B, 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 19... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark C...

Significance: It is a National Historic Landmark, an American Civil Engineering Landmark, and the focus of an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam was constructed betwee... More

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark C...

Significance: It is a National Historic Landmark, an American Civil Engineering Landmark, and the focus of an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam was constructed betwee... More

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark C...

Significance: It is a National Historic Landmark, an American Civil Engineering Landmark, and the focus of an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam was constructed betwee... More

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Spanning Colorado River at Route 93, Boulder City, Clark C...

Significance: It is a National Historic Landmark, an American Civil Engineering Landmark, and the focus of an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam was constructed betwee... More

Trout Creek Dam, River Mile 1.8 on Trout Creek, Carson, Skamania County, WA

Trout Creek Dam, River Mile 1.8 on Trout Creek, Carson, Skamania Count...

Significance: The dam and fish ladder were constructed by the CCC, Company 944 in 1935-36. The structure, a concrete arch dam, is believed to be one of the largest power generation plants constructed solely by ... More

Trout Creek Dam, River Mile 1.8 on Trout Creek, Carson, Skamania County, WA

Trout Creek Dam, River Mile 1.8 on Trout Creek, Carson, Skamania Count...

Significance: The dam and fish ladder were constructed by the CCC, Company 944 in 1935-36. The structure, a concrete arch dam, is believed to be one of the largest power generation plants constructed solely by ... More

Klamath Basin Project, "A" Canal Headworks House, 500 Nevada Street, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Klamath Basin Project, "A" Canal Headworks House, 500 Nevada Street, K...

Significance: This house is among the first constructed by the Federal government in developing in the Klamath Basin Project. The A Canal and its headworks are the first Federal diversion from Upper Klamath Lak... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

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

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

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), 30622Wellton-Mohawk Drive, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

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, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

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

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

Howard Ditch, East Boulder Community Park, Boulder, Boulder County, CO

Public domain image of wetland, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

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 of Gila River, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

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.

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