This photo shows the building the Elephant Butte Dam. The concrete structure was the largest irrigation system at the time (2.2 million acre feet). The photo was taken in 1914.
| Document Type: | Photograph |
| Historical Event: | Resources |
| Sub Event: | Elephant Butte Dam |
| Origin: | US Reclamation Service? |
| Date: | February 27, 1914 |
| Author: | Not Cited |
| Permission: | Public Domain |
| Contributor: | Tammie Torres |
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