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"A photo of the Brooks water wheel as it appeared in Empire Magazine about 1972. John Comer, the owner of the former Brooks ranch, is standing in front of it." -- McCoy Memoirs p.153
1962 is written on the front of the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"This wheel was installed by Howard Van Horn to generate electric power, when he lived on the former Groh ranch. It was set up in an irrigation ditch at a point where the water had sufficient drop to revolve it. The ditch, built by Frank Groh in 1905 has been abandoned for many years and the wheel with it." -- McCoy Memoirs p.130
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Main irrigation ditch bringing water from Brush Creek. From this point water is pumped to the south edge of the subject and has gravity flow to the north and west." -- Appendix, Appraisal of the value of the Schmidt Properrty required by the Eagle County Airport Authority, by John Peeples, I.C.A., April 24, 1984
Photograph was taken in September 1983.
"From the looks of the abstracts, we held the complete ranch for the longest continuing time--25...
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"Looking northeast from southwest corner (from Cooley Mesa Road) of subject [property], with main ditch from Gypsum Creek in foreground." -- Appendix, Appraisal of the value of the Schmidt Properrty required by the Eagle County Airport Authority, by John Peeples, I.C.A., April 24, 1984
Photograph was taken in September 1983.
"From the looks of the abstracts, we held the complete ranch for the longest continuing time--25 years. The reason we left...
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"Concrete box where water is piped to the east and west at the south edge of the property." -- Appendix, Appraisal of the value of the Schmidt Properrty required by the Eagle County Airport Authority, by John Peeples, I.C.A., April 24, 1984
Photograph was taken in September 1983.
Irrigation of the hayfields was accomplished from Brush Creek and from Gypsum Creek.
"From the looks of the abstracts, we held the complete ranch for the longest continuing...
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A view of the long flume on the Conger Mesa Ditch. [photo says 1910, McCoy Memoirs says 1909].
"The Conger Mesa irrigation ditch in 1909 was nearly three fourths wooden flume in Rock Creek Canyon. A year later, this section of the flume went out resulting in major catastrophe for the Railroad and Ditch Company. Nearly 200 feet of track was covered with mud and rock to a depth of from five to sixteen feet and required 200 men working in ten hour...