File:AVALON DAM - Photographic copy of historic photo, May 22, 1908 (original print filed in Record Group 115, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) W.J.L(ubken), photographer HAER NM,8-CARL.V,1B-69.tif

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AVALON DAM - Photographic copy of historic photo, May 22, 1908 (original print filed in Record Group 115, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) W.J.L(ubken), photographer 'LOOKING DOWN MAIN AVALON CANAL FROM HEADGATES OF AVALON DAM' - Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM
Depicted place New Mexico; Eddy County; Carlsbad
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER NM,8-CARL.V,1B-69
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 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 reservoir. The U.S. Reclamation Service constructed the dam at this location; privately financed dams constructed in 1890 and 1893 were breached by floodwaters in 1893 and 1904. Avalon Dam is a long, low, rockfill dam with a facing of impervious earth. The dam has a combination concrete and steel sheet piling core wall. Water is fed from the reservoir into the irrigation district's main canal through a six-bay concrete headgate structure. Three spillways protect the dam from overtopping. Two of these structures are overfall weirs; the third features a pair of innovative 1911 cylinder gates. The Civilian Conservation Corps added the last improvements to the site in the 1930's, including a suspension bridge, warehouse, and extensive landscaping features.
  • Survey number: HAER NM-4-B
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000476.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nm0199.photos.348316p
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Object location32° 25′ 14.02″ N, 104° 13′ 41.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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