La Puente Community Ditch
La Puente Community Ditch | |
| Nearest city | La Puente, New Mexico |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°42′06″N 106°35′52″W / 36.70167°N 106.59778°W |
| Area | 9.7 acres (3.9 ha) |
| Architectural style | Irrigation ditch |
| MPS | La Tierra Amarilla MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002294[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 1986 |
The La Puente Community Ditch is a 2-mile-long (3.2 km) irrigation ditch which runs through La Puete, New Mexico, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Description
The ditch distributes water from the 1862-built Parkview Ditch, serving garden plots and 16 field plots. It stretches from a Parkview discharge point located 100 yards (91 m) southwest of the state fish hatchery lake to a point 0.7 miles (1.1 km) southwest of La Puente along the Rio Chama.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: La Puente Community Ditch". National Park Service. Retrieved January 29, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1985