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For many years in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Californians searched for ways to bring water from the Colorado River to southern Californias Imperial Valley for irrigation purposes. The most natural route involved moving the water through Mexican territory. Early private interests recognized this and accepted it, building canals over the border in Mexico, delivering water to the Imperial Valley. Later, water users from the Imperial Valley requested Reclamations involvement in building a canal lying entirely in the United States, eventually leading to construction of the All-American Canal. The All-American Canal System of the Boulder Canyon Project is closely related to Reclamations Yuma and Gila Projects as well as Hoover Dam, the flood control and storage structure of the Project. Imperial Dam, the only diversion dam in the system, diverts water to the All-American Canal from the Colorado River. The dam also diverts water to the Gila and Yuma Projects, and led to the abandonment of the latter projects Laguna Dam as an active diversion dam.
For many years in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Californians searched for ways to bring water from the Colorado River to southern Californias Imperial Valley for irrigation purposes. The most natural route involved moving the water through Mexican territory. Early private interests recognized this and accepted it, building canals over the border in Mexico, delivering water to the Imperial Valley. Later, water users from the Imperial Valley requested Reclamations involvement in building a canal lying entirely in the United States, eventually leading to construction of the All-American Canal. The All-American Canal System of the Boulder Canyon Project is closely related to Reclamations Yuma and Gila Projects as well as Hoover Dam, the flood control and storage structure of the Project. Imperial Dam, the only diversion dam in the system, diverts water to the All-American Canal from the Colorado River. The dam also diverts water to the Gila and Yuma Projects, and led to the abandonment of the latter projects Laguna Dam as an active diversion dam.
All-American Canal: Boulder Canyon Project
E. A. Stene (author)
2009
40 pages
Report
No indication
English
Imperial Dam, All-American Canal System, Boulder Canyon Project
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1939
Engineering Index Backfile | 1930
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
Significance of Boulder Canyon Project
| British Library Online Contents | 2010
Significance of Boulder Canyon Project
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1935