Carlsbad Irrigation District
Historic district in New Mexico, United States in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Carlsbad Irrigation District, also known as Carlsbad Reclamation Project or Irrigation system of the Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company, is a major early water reclamation project located near Carlsbad in southeastern New Mexico. Begun in the 1880s, it is now managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and provides irrigation water to a large area around Carlsbad, diverted from the Pecos River and the Black River. The late 19th and early 20th-century elements of the project were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1964.
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The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | N of Carlsbad, Carlsbad vicinity, NM |
| County | Eddy County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000476 |
| Type of place | irrigation district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 7 buildings, 22 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | N of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, NM |
| Coordinates | 32.35097, -104.16873 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 27 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Eddy County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000476. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.