. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . been constructed along the valley in Texas,principally near the town of Pecos, at the crossing of lie Texas andPacific Railroad. The valley is fertile, and where properly irrigatedLarge crops are produced. 22 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OF TEXAS. Tno. 71. MARGUERETTA CANAL. The most important irrigation system along the river in Texas isthe one about 50 miles from the New Mexico line known as the Mar-gueretta canal system (see fig. 4). It was begun in 1887 by thePioneer Canal Company, which afterwards consolidated with theMar
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . been constructed along the valley in Texas,principally near the town of Pecos, at the crossing of lie Texas andPacific Railroad. The valley is fertile, and where properly irrigatedLarge crops are produced. 22 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OF TEXAS. Tno. 71. MARGUERETTA CANAL. The most important irrigation system along the river in Texas isthe one about 50 miles from the New Mexico line known as the Mar-gueretta canal system (see fig. 4). It was begun in 1887 by thePioneer Canal Company, which afterwards consolidated with theMargueretta Canal Company, which now owns the whole is diverted by means of a brush dam, it being deemed imprac-ticable to build a masonry structure in the sandy river bed. The damis 250 feet long and 5 feet high. The head gate is shown in PL II, shown in fig. 4, the canal is taken out of the west side of the river,runs iii a southwesterty direction for a distance of 3 miles, crosses theriver in a flume (shown in PL III), and then runs in a general easterly. Ft<;. 4.—Map of Margueretta canal system. direction for 12 miles. There is also a branch continuing down thewest bank for a considerable distance, being the main part of the oldPioneer canal and now known as the West Valley canal, a view ofwhich is shown in PL II, B. Thirty current-meter measurementsduring 1900 show that this ditch carries an average of 12 second-feetof water. The dimensions of the main ditch are: Top width, 30 feet;bottom width, 18 feet; depth of water, 4| feet. There are three prin-cipal laterals, with bottom widths of 12, G, and 8 feet, PL IV, A and B, are shown a sluice gate and a measuring weirused on the canal. The canal was first used in 1881), and the extent of land irrigated U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVE WATER-SUPPLY PAPER NO. 71 PL
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