La Puente Community Ditch

The La Puente Community Ditch, through La Puente, New Mexico, is a 2 miles (3.2 km) long irrigation ditch which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

La Puente Community Ditch
Nearest cityLa Puente, New Mexico
Coordinates36°42′06″N 106°35′52″W
Area9.7 acres (3.9 ha)
Architectural styleIrrigation ditch
MPSLa Tierra Amarilla MRA
NRHP reference No.86002294[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1986

It distributes water from the 1862-built Parkview Ditch, serving garden plots and 16 field plots. It extends from a Parkview discharge point, 100 yards (91 m) southwest of the state fish hatchery lake, to 0.7 miles southwest of La Puente on the Chama River.[2]

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