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El Barranco Community Ditch

Coordinates: 36°46′35″N 106°33′51″W / 36.77639°N 106.56417°W / 36.77639; -106.56417
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El Barranco Community Ditch
El Barranco Community Ditch is located in New Mexico
El Barranco Community Ditch
LocationExdending from the Chama River at Chama Division to Upper Brazos Ditch, Los Brazos, New Mexico
Coordinates36°46′35″N 106°33′51″W / 36.77639°N 106.56417°W / 36.77639; -106.56417
Area18.5 acres (7.5 ha)
Architectural styleIrrigation ditch
MPSLa Tierra Amarilla MRA
NRHP reference No.86002296[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1986

The El Barranco Community Ditch in Los Brazos, New Mexico is a 3.8 miles (6.1 km) long irrigation ditch diverting water from the Rio Chama. It was dug before 1907.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

It extends from the Chama River at Chama Division to the Upper Brazos Ditch.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: El Barranco Community Ditch". National Park Service. Retrieved January 29, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1985