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THE COMPANY DITCH IN THE MEADOW WEST OF MULLINEX ROAD. LOOKING WEST. - Company Ditch, Near intersection of Lance Hill and Mullinex Roads, Cheney, Spokane County, WA
Photographer
Rice, Harvey S., creator
Title
THE COMPANY DITCH IN THE MEADOW WEST OF MULLINEX ROAD. LOOKING WEST. - Company Ditch, Near intersection of Lance Hill and Mullinex Roads, Cheney, Spokane County, WA
Depicted place Washington; Spokane County; Cheney
Date 1995
date QS:P571,+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER WASH,32-CHEN.V,1-2
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Company Ditch is a good representative of a system of ditches used by farmers during the early years of the twentieth century to drain marshes and ponds for agricultural use. Such activity took place throughout the area now largely encompasses by the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. Although headgates and control valves have been removed and replaced, the ditch retains elements of integrity that convey a sense of its role in the historic developments affecting wetlands in the surrounding area. Drainage of the wetlands promoted settlement, which in turn supported the growth of nearby communities. After 1937, the Company Ditch became a facet of environmental efforts to restore wetlands of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge to their former condition.
  • Survey number: HAER WA-138
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wa0629.photos.371149p
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