The Diversion Dam and Deer Flat Embankments is the collective name given in the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places program to a set of three
dams in the
western United States in
southwestern Idaho, near
Boise and
Nampa
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The dams are components of the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...
's Boise Project, and were designed to provide
irrigation water to of
Treasure Valley farmland in conjunction with the New York Irrigation District (
New York Canal). The
Boise River Diversion Dam also provides
hydroelectric
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[.] The dams were listed on the National Register in 1976.
["Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service: National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties", at 7459 (February 6, 1979).]
The three dams that make up the Diversion Dam and Deer Flat Embankments are:
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Boise River Diversion Dam
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Deer Flat Upper Embankment
Deer Flat Upper Embankment (National ID # ID00276) is a dam in the western United States in southwestern Idaho. Located in the Treasure Valley in Canyon County, it is directly southwest of Nampa.
The earthen dam was completed in 1908 by the ...
*Deer Flat Lower Embankment
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ada County, Idaho
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Canyon County, Idaho
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Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
References
External links
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Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
National Register of Historic Places in Ada County, Idaho
National Register of Historic Places in Canyon County, Idaho
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
1906 establishments in Idaho
Dams completed in 1912
Boise Project
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