The Brooks Aqueduct/L’aqueduc de Brooks

Built by the CPR between 1912 and 1914, this reinforced concrete aqueduct formed part of a large irrigation scheme that diverted water from the Bow River to transform 55,000 hectares east of Brooks from semi-arid rangeland into farmland suitable for settlement. Stretching more than 3.1 kilometres, it was a major engineering feat with a catenary-shaped flume mounted on 1,030 columns and an inverted syphon beneath the CPR main line. In 1935 it was turned over to the Eastern Irrigation District, and after completion of a larger replacement canal it was abandoned in 1979.

Alberta · Canada