Extending from 4.5 mi. E of Encenada to 1 mi. SW of State Fish Hatchery, Los Ojos, New Mexico. County/parish: Rio Arriba.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 29, 1986. NRIS 86002305.
Part of La Tierra Amarilla MRA (NRIS 64000514).
1 contributing structure.
The Parkview Community Ditch, near Los Ojos, New Mexico, is an 8.1 miles (13.0 km) irrigation ditch diverting water from the Brazos River which was dug in 1862. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
It is the longest irrigation ditch in the area, and descends 100 feet (30 m) in elevation from the Ensenada plateau to Parkview. A flour mill or molino is believed to have existed at the steepest point of the ditch's fall. It supplies the Ensenada Ditch and the El Porvenir Ditch, both 4.5 miles (7,200 m) from Ensenada and also supplies the La Puente Community Ditch, also NRHP-listed.
The ditch is 6 feet (1.8 m) wide at the bottom, 8 feet (2.4 m) at the top, and 1.5 feet (0.46 m) deep.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77846505