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Photographer: Tina Mischke
Taken: October 9, 2020
Caption: An additional marker on the Carlsbad Irrigation Flume
Additional Description: The Flume Originally built of wood in 1890. A concrete flume replaced the wooden structure after it was washed away in a 1902 flood. At the time of its 1903 construction, it was the largest concrete structure in the world. In 1904, a major flood destroyed every dam and bridge in the valley. Only the concrete flume survived. Over 100 years later, the aqueduct is still in use today carrying Pecos River water from Lake Avalon across the river as part of the Carlsbad Irrigation District. The flume was once featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not as the river the crosses itself. The flume provides water to an extensive irrigation system which helps to irrigate farmland in the area and develop the region’s agricultural resources.
Submitted: October 9, 2020, by Tina Mischke of Lakewood, New Mexico.
Database Locator Identification Number: p542801
File Size: 5.483 Megabytes

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