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De Vries, David G.
Title
Context view, looking downhill from afterbay at the east rear of the Pumping Plant - Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Pumping Plant No. 2, Bounded by Interstate 8 to south, Wellton, Yuma County, AZ
Note: The view is westwards (east side of pump station). The view shows the eastern flanks of the mostly N-S, slightly northwest-by-southeast w:Gila Mountains (Yuma County); it also shows the far-north end of the w:Lechuguilla Desert entering the Lower Gila River Valley.
Depicted place (extreme southwest)-Arizona; Yuma County; Wellton
Date 2005
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER AZ-68-B-2
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  • 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 constructed in association with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila River Project. Engineers with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation designed the gravity-fed system to carry water up the Gila River valley. This required construction of three pumping plants along the canal to lift the water approximately 170'. Pumping Plant No. 2 is an integral part of the irrigation system and is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its role in regulating the flow of the Colorado River water in the canals for distribution to lands under cultivation. The pumping plant is a major feature on the system and is significant under Criterion C for its design and operational characteristics.
  • Survey number: HAER AZ-68-B
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/az0533.photos.363698p
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Object location 32° 40′ 22.01″ N, 114° 08′ 46″ W  Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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