Built 1904 NRHP Reference # 81000380 Area 5,700 m² Nearest city Fallon | Architectural style Concrete Gate Opened 1904 Added to NRHP 25 March 1981 | |
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The Carson River Diversion Dam on the Carson River near Fallon, Nevada was built in 1904-05. It is a 21-foot (6.4 m) tall, 241-foot (73 m) long "concrete gate structure" with 21 "double leaf slide 5-by-10-foot (1.5 m × 3.0 m) spillway sections.
It diverts water for use in agricultural irrigation in hundreds of farms within the Newlands Projects area. It is located five miles northeast of the Lahontan Dam that serves a similar function on the Truckee River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
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