La Puente Community Ditch

Extending from Parkview discharge pt. to 0.7 mi. SW of La Puente on the Chama River, La Puente, New Mexico. County/parish: Rio Arriba.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 29, 1986. NRIS 86002294.

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

La Puente Community Ditch

the The La Puente Community Ditch, through La Puente, New Mexico, is a 2 miles (3.2 km) long irrigation ditch which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

It distributes water from the 1862-built Parkview Ditch, serving garden plots and 16 field plots. It stretches from a Parkview discharge point located 100 yards (91 m) southwest of the state fish hatchery lake to a point 0.7 miles southwest of La Puente along the Chama River.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77846495

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