Billings Land & Irrigation Company building a canal
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- Created Date
- 1895
- Description
Photo might be of earlier irrigation ditch digging in the region. The canal constructed by the Billings Land & Irrigation Company allowed farming and settlements east of Billings. At its beginnings, the canal brought water to 1,500 acres, increasing farm production in the area. - See 'Billings Land and Irrigation Crops in Best of Condition', Billings Daily Gazette, July 31, 1910. The Ditch, built under the auspices of the Carey Land Act, helped to settle the Billings Bench, Billings Heights, and Shepherd.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Contributing Institution
- Billings Public Library
- Subjects
- Irrigation--Montana
Irrigation canals and flumes
Irrigation projects
Horse-drawn vehicles
Men--Clothing & dress--1890-1900
Wheeled scrapers - Location
- Yellowstone County, Montana;
- Type
- image
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Unknown. Billings Land & Irrigation Company building a canal. 1895. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16013.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16013coll53/id/254. (Accessed March 5, 2021.)
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- Unknown, (1895) Billings Land & Irrigation Company building a canal. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16013.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16013coll53/id/254
- MLA citation style
- Unknown. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16013.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16013coll53/id/254>.