"Fruitland Irrigation Co. Ditch Under Construction"

ID: 4684 ~ Source: "Fruitland Irrigation Co. Ditch Under Construction", 1907, Kettle Falls History Collection, Crossroads on the Columbia Collection, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov.
This file appears in: How the West was Watered
"Fruitland Irrigation Co. Ditch Under Construction"

A "ditch crew" preparing a section of the irrigation system, around 1907.

This file appears in: How the West was Watered

By Charlie Byers
The landscape that lies under Lake Roosevelt today is part of a series of “benchlands,” flat regions separated by steep drops. The soil is fertile, and the nearby Columbia River provided drainage, but without a way to bring more water uphill to…