Newspaper clippings - Irrigation in Yakima county 1878-1899 - Transcript (part 14).
Date
1895
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Abstract
"The Congdon-Gilbert ditch may be said to be practically finished to the point of fluming around the foothills at the gap, known as the Painted Rocks (Septris Patahanum as the Indians call them) on the Natcheez. The ditch is about the same size as that known as the Hubbard and is a splendid piece of engineering work throughout. It is cut from the solid earth over the bench lands of the Wide Hollow and is consequently very strong and durable. It has a heavy fall but its side walls are not embankments and it could carry even more water than it is now designed to do. When the flumes of the Natcheez gap are completed they will be somewhat on the picturesque order; because they are to be carried upon iron trestles reaching 100 feet into the air."
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22 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander.