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"Ploughing and using slush-scraper for the main canal, Oliver, 1920".
"Ploughing and using slush-scraper for the main canal, Oliver, 1920".
"Syphon under McIntyre Creek".
"Syphon under McIntyre Creek".
"A tobacco crop in the Oliver district, South Okanagan Irrigation Project".
"A tobacco crop in the Oliver district, South Okanagan Irrigation Project".
Distribution chamber from No. 2 pump at Oliver.
Distribution chamber from No. 2 pump at Oliver.
Early days at Oliver, view from the east bank of the river looking westward.
Early days at Oliver, view from the east bank of the river looking westward.
Oliver from above the main canal on the east side looking westward.
Oliver from above the main canal on the east side looking westward.
"Concrete lining the main canal Oliver project, 1920".
"Concrete lining the main canal Oliver project, 1920".
"Pressure regulating tower, Grand Forks, BC."
"Pressure regulating tower, Grand Forks, BC."
Old motor-car used for pumping water at Glenmore July 1926.
Old motor-car used for pumping water at Glenmore July 1926.
Main canal showing one wall vertical at this section of the Oliver Project.
Main canal showing one wall vertical at this section of the Oliver Project.
The syphon completed under MacIntyre Creek.
The syphon completed under MacIntyre Creek.
Top view of Hester Creek spillway on the Oliver Project.
Top view of Hester Creek spillway on the Oliver Project.
Centrifugal pump, movable, capacity about 1200 galls. min. used for irrigating hops, Sumas area.
Centrifugal pump, movable, capacity about 1200 galls. min. used for irrigating hops, Sumas area.
Oliver.
Oliver.
The main canal completed at Oliver, before turning in the water.
The main canal completed at Oliver, before turning in the water.
Small lateral from pumping plant at foot of Fairview Hill, looking south.
Small lateral from pumping plant at foot of Fairview Hill, looking south.
Irrigation dam, approximate discharge 650 cubic feet.
Irrigation dam, approximate discharge 650 cubic feet.
"The dam at low water, Oliver project".
"The dam at low water, Oliver project".
The syphon pipe line for Gelnmore from Ellison Creek, looking west from the Vernon Road.
The syphon pipe line for Gelnmore from Ellison Creek, looking west from the Vernon Road.
"Hester Creek spillway".
"Hester Creek spillway".
Oliver view of irrigable land under the project looking toward Oliver from a point at the foot of...
Oliver view of irrigable land under the project looking toward Oliver from a point at the foot of the Fairview Road.
Main canal at Oliver near station 90.
Main canal at Oliver near station 90.
"Construction of the 78 inch syphon, looking toward the site of Oliver".
"Construction of the 78 inch syphon, looking toward the site of Oliver".
"Commencing easterly or second section of the dam across the Okanagan River at MacIntryre's ...
"Commencing easterly or second section of the dam across the Okanagan River at MacIntryre's Bluff, Oliver project".
Oliver from the bridge across the Okanagan River.
Oliver from the bridge across the Okanagan River.
Oliver townsite before the Project.
Oliver townsite before the Project.