Billings Land & Irrigation Company building a canal

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DescriptionPhoto might be of earlier irrigation ditch digging in the region. The canal constructed by the Billings Land & Irrigation Company allowed farming and settlements east of Billings. At its beginnings, the canal brought water to 1,500 acres, increasing farm production in the area. - See 'Billings Land and Irrigation Crops in Best of Condition', Billings Daily Gazette, July 31, 1910. The Ditch, built under the auspices of the Carey Land Act, helped to settle the Billings Bench, Billings Heights, and Shepherd.TypeImageCreatorUnknownGenrephotographsDate1895SubjectIrrigation--MontanaIrrigation canals and flumesIrrigation projectsHorse-drawn vehiclesMen--Clothing & dress--1890-1900Contributing InstitutionBillings Public LibraryGeographic CoverageYellowstone County, MontanaDigital CollectionBillings - Images of PlacesDigital Formatimage/jpgDigitization SpecificationEpson 1640 XL scanner. 8 x 10 image at 300 dpi, 8 bit greyscale. Master Image size - 18,000 kb.Date Digitized2015copyrightNoC-US

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