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Lower Rapid Valley Irrigation Ditches, North & south sides of Rapid Creek, Rapid City, Pennington County, SD
LocationNorth & south sides of Rapid Creek,
Rapid City vicinity, SD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER SD-5
Building/structure dates:
1878 initial construction
Significance: The Lower Rapid Valley Ditches are significant for their association with the development of irrigated agriculture in South Dakota. The ditches are representative examples of irrigation systems constructed, maintained, and operated by farmers.
Subjects
AgricultureIrrigation CanalsIrrigation
Related Names
Johnson, Lon, Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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