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The Pecos River Flume is an aqueduct carrying irrigation water over the Pecos River. Construction took place from 1889 to 1890 and was part of the Pecos River Reclamation Project. It was originally constructed of wood and spanned 145 feet (44 m). It carried water at a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m).
Red Bluff Dam. / 31.9014; -103.9110. Red Bluff Dam is a dam in the Pecos River, situated about 40 miles (64 km) north of Pecos, Texas. Its Red Bluff Reservoir was formed in 1936 by the dam construction, organized by the Red Bluff Water Control District to provide water for irrigation and hydroelectric power. [1]
The second (current) Pecos River High Bridge, was completed by the Southern Pacific Railroad on December 8, 1944. [1] The current Pecos River High Bridge is a steel deck truss bridge on slip-formed concrete piers, ranging in height up to 275 feet (84 m). It was designed by Modjeski and Masters of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with foundations ...
43,800 acre-feet (54,000,000 m 3) Sumner Dam is a dam on the Pecos River in De Baca County in eastern New Mexico . The dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation between 1935 and 1939, a project governed by the Bureau in conjunction with the local Carlsbad Irrigation District. [1] Construction was done by the Bureau with the help ...
Height. 143.5 feet (43.7 m) Length. 760 feet (230 m) Reservoir. Total capacity. 335,054 acre-feet (413,283,000 m 3) Brantley Dam is a flood-control and irrigation water-storage dam on the Pecos River in Eddy County, New Mexico, about 13 miles (21 km) north of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and 10 miles (16 km) upstream from Avalon Dam .
October 15, 1966 [1] Designated NHLD. July 19, 1964 [2] The Carlsbad Irrigation District, also known as Carlsbad Reclamation Project or Irrigation system of the Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company, is a major early water reclamation project located near Carlsbad in southeastern New Mexico. Begun in the 1880s, it is now managed by the ...
Total capacity. 202,000 cubic yards (154,000 m 3) Normal elevation. 3,146 ft (959 m) [1] Avalon Dam is a small dam on the Pecos River about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States. The dam is a storage and regulating reservoir, and diverts water into the main canal of the Carlsbad Project, an irrigation scheme.
The Pecos River was incorporated on March 1, 1890, under chapter 1, title 84, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Texas, for a period of 50 years. Its purpose, as stated by its articles, was to construct, own, and operate about 50 miles of standard-gauge railroad, from Pecos City, Tex., northwesterly through the counties of Ward, Loving, and Reeves, to the boundary line between the State ...