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Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 2, Bounded by Interstate 8 to south, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 2, Bounded by Inte...

Significance: With the completion of the irrigation system , Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lower Gila River Valley. The canal was the first of several main canals constructe... More

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Marin Canal, Amhurst-Hayden Dam to Picacho Reservoir, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Marin Canal, Amhurst-Hayden Dam to Pica...

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

King Hill Bridge, Spanning Snake River at State Route No. 93808A, King Hill, Elmore County, ID

King Hill Bridge, Spanning Snake River at State Route No. 93808A, King...

Significance: It is significant as a rare variation of a truss bridge combining overhead spans with a pony approach span. The structure is the most outstanding Idaho truss bridge built by the Minneapolis Steel ... More

King Hill Bridge, Spanning Snake River at State Route No. 93808A, King Hill, Elmore County, ID

King Hill Bridge, Spanning Snake River at State Route No. 93808A, King...

Significance: It is significant as a rare variation of a truss bridge combining overhead spans with a pony approach span. The structure is the most outstanding Idaho truss bridge built by the Minneapolis Steel ... More

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, McPhee Dam Site, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, McPhee Dam Site, Dolores, ...

Survey number: HAER CO-4-I Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Hoover Dam, Metropolitan Water District Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, B...

Significance: It was the second-largest Federal switchyard at Hoover Dam, the switchyard provided needed power for expansion of irrigation and municipal water supplies in California during and after WWII, but i... More

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Tunnel, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Tunnel, Dolores, Montezuma...

Survey number: HAER CO-4-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 1, Bounded by Gila River & Union Pacific Railroad, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 1, Bounded by Gila...

Significance: Construction on the project began in 1949 and was essentially completed in 1957. With the completion of the irrigation system, Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lo... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Wooden Tainter Gates, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Wooden Tainter Gates, Dolo...

Survey number: HAER CO-4-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Relift Station, Texas Hill Canal 2.5, Northern Terminus of Avenue 51 East, approximately .5 mile south of Union Pacific Railroad, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Relift Station, Texas Hill Canal 2.5...

Significance: With the completion of the irrigation system, Colorado River water was delivered to previously arid lands in the lower Gila River Valley. Construction of the Texas Hill Canal began in July 1955 an... More

San Carlos Irrigation Project, North Side Canal, North of Gila River, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, North Side Canal, North of Gila River, ...

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

Merced Irrigation District, Edendale Creek Turnout & Weir, East of Snelling Highway, Hopeton, Merced County, CA

Merced Irrigation District, Edendale Creek Turnout & Weir, East of Sne...

Significance: The Edendale Creek turnout and weir are locally important as original features of the Merced Irrigation District's Main Canal. The canal played a vital role in the economic and social development... More

Merced Irrigation District, Edendale Creek Turnout & Weir, East of Snelling Highway, Hopeton, Merced County, CA

Merced Irrigation District, Edendale Creek Turnout & Weir, East of Sne...

Significance: The Edendale Creek turnout and weir are locally important as original features of the Merced Irrigation District's Main Canal. The canal played a vital role in the economic and social development... More

Merced Irrigation District, Edendale Creek Turnout & Weir, East of Snelling Highway, Hopeton, Merced County, CA

Merced Irrigation District, Edendale Creek Turnout & Weir, East of Sne...

Significance: The Edendale Creek turnout and weir are locally important as original features of the Merced Irrigation District's Main Canal. The canal played a vital role in the economic and social development... More

Sposoby orosheniia pashnei. Vodopod'emnoe koleso (chiganak) na dam arykie bliz k: Zyrabulaka

Sposoby orosheniia pashnei. Vodopod'emnoe koleso (chiganak) na dam ary...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovaia, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 32.

Pioneer Mill Company, Upper Lahaina Pump Ditch & Makila Reservoir Ditch, Land of Launiupoko, Lahaina, Maui County, HI

Pioneer Mill Company, Upper Lahaina Pump Ditch & Makila Reservoir Ditc...

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

Lahaina Pump Ditch No. 1, Lahaina, Maui County, HI

Lahaina Pump Ditch No. 1, Lahaina, Maui County, HI

Significance: The Lahaina Pump Ditch Number 1 is significant for its associations with the development of the sugar industry on the west side of Maui during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is a... More

Lahaina Pump Ditch No. 1, Lahaina, Maui County, HI

Lahaina Pump Ditch No. 1, Lahaina, Maui County, HI

Significance: The Lahaina Pump Ditch Number 1 is significant for its associations with the development of the sugar industry on the west side of Maui during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is a... More

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Casa Blanca Canal, Gila River, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Casa Blanca Canal, Gila River, Coolidge...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-L Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bitter Root Irrigation Project, Como Dam, West of U.S. Highway 93, Darby, Ravalli County, MT

Bitter Root Irrigation Project, Como Dam, West of U.S. Highway 93, Dar...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N816 Survey number: HAER MT-89-A

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Lands North & South of Gila River, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Lands North & South of Gila River, Cool...

Significance: It is significant for creating an integral irrigation system to serve both Indian and non-Indian lands along the GIla River. Prior to project construction, irrigation of area lands was piecemeal a... More

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

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: Within a year after the Ute Reservation was opened for homestead entry in 1905, Thomas and Martha Rhoads built a homestead located about a mile north of the confluence of the west and north forks ... More

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

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: Within a year after the Ute Reservation was opened for homestead entry in 1905, Thomas and Martha Rhoads built a homestead located about a mile north of the confluence of the west and north forks ... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, East Side Canal, 1 mile North to 2 miles East of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, East Side Canal, 1 mile North to 2 miles...

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

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 3 (House), 30621 Wellton-Mohawk Drive, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 3 (House), 30621 Wellto...

Significance: Building 2, 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 1949 an... More

North Canal Dam & Diversion Canals, North Canal, North Division Street & U.S. Highway 97 vicinity, Bend, Deschutes County, OR

North Canal Dam & Diversion Canals, North Canal, North Division Street...

Survey number: HAER OR-61-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001303

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Southside Canal, South Side of Gila River, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Southside Canal, South Side of Gila Riv...

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

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Southside Canal, South Side of Gila River, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Southside Canal, South Side of Gila Riv...

Survey number: HAER AZ-50-M Public domain photograph of a tunnel, arch structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kineth Farm, 19162 STATE ROUTE 20, Coupeville, Island County, WA

Kineth Farm, 19162 STATE ROUTE 20, Coupeville, Island County, WA

Significance: With the passing of the Donation Land Claim (DLC) Act in 1850, Congress agreed to grant land in the Oregon Territory to American settlers willing to farm it. It was during this time when settlemen... More

Kineth Farm, 19162 STATE ROUTE 20, Coupeville, Island County, WA

Kineth Farm, 19162 STATE ROUTE 20, Coupeville, Island County, WA

Significance: With the passing of the Donation Land Claim (DLC) Act in 1850, Congress agreed to grant land in the Oregon Territory to American settlers willing to farm it. It was during this time when settlemen... More

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 2 (House), 30611 Wellton-Mohawk Drive, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 2 (House), 30611 Wellto...

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

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

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Lower Diagonal No. 1 Drain, Bounded by West Gate Road & Weapons Delivery Road, Naval Air Station Fallon, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Lower Diagonal No. 1 Drain, Bounde...

Significance: The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Register Thematic District. The District inlcudes Lake Tahoe Dam, Boca Reservoir Dam, De... More

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 7 (House), 30661 Wellton-Mohawk Drive, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 7 (House), 30661 Wellto...

Significance: Building 7, 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 1949 an... More

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Picacho Resevoir, South of Gila River, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

San Carlos Irrigation Project, Picacho Resevoir, South of Gila River, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 quarry, mining industry, miners, 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

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

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Lift Gate, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Lift Gate, Dolores, Montez...

Survey number: HAER CO-4-E Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction

Irrigation wheels at Ahualalco sic

Irrigation wheels at Ahualalco sic

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Mule or donkey pulling wheel. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8347. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Group of men with horses building the Middle Loup irrigation ditch.

Group of men with horses building the Middle Loup irrigation ditch.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Oriental irrigation wheel - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Oriental irrigation wheel - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpap...

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

MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DESERT ON YEAR AFTER IRRIGATION BY GOVERNMENT

MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DESERT ON YEAR AFT...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Water is precious in central Oregon and this irrigation flume comes a long way from the Deschutes River to help grow alfalfa. Oregon

Water is precious in central Oregon and this irrigation flume comes a ...

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

Small cotton farmer, Kern County, California. He leases the land, and pays 1/4 of the crop for rent, also pays the water bill (irrigation). "It's come to that there's not going to be any more small farms in California. The big fellows have got us all with a ring in our nose. You take the small farmer like me--we can't come out. There's no difference hardly between me and my pickers--only I've got a place to stay out of the rain"

Small cotton farmer, Kern County, California. He leases the land, and ...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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