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Irrigation Collection (page 2)

Irrigation has played a crucial role in shaping the landscapes and sustaining civilizations throughout history

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Laguna Dam, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Laguna Dam, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Laguna Dam. The All American Canal, when completed, will extend desert land to cultivation by irrigation in the southwestern United States

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Date palms, Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Date palms, Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date palms. Coachella Valley, California

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Irrigated fields of Acala cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Irrigated fields of Acala cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigated fields of Acala cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Irrigated field of cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Irrigated field of cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigated field of cotton seventy miles from Phoenix, Arizona

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Pumping plant for irrigation powered by a natural gas engine, Tulare County, California, 1938

Pumping plant for irrigation powered by a natural gas engine, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Mail boxes and irrigation gates, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mail boxes and irrigation gates, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mail boxes and irrigation gates. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Irrigation pump on edge of field, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Irrigation pump on edge of field, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigation pump on edge of field. Electric power typical of San Joaquin Valley farming. Tulare County, California

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Irrigation pump on edge of field, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Irrigation pump on edge of field, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigation pump on edge of field. Electric power typical of San Joaquin Valley farming. California

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from the series 'One Hundred Poems Explained... c. 1835/36

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained... c. 1835/36. Creator: Hokusai
Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)", Japan, c. 1835/36

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Two Men Digging, 1855-56

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Two Men Digging, 1855-56

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Two Men Digging, 1855-56

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Peasant Digging, 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Peasant Digging, 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Peasant Digging, 1863

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Two Men Digging, 1855-56

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Two Men Digging, 1855–56. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Two Men Digging, 1855-56

Background imageIrrigation Collection: The Man Leaning on His Spade, c. 1847. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

The Man Leaning on His Spade, c. 1847. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
The Man Leaning on His Spade, c. 1847

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Peasant Digging, 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Peasant Digging, 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Peasant Digging, 1863

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Irrigation wheel at U.S. Telegraph Station, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S

Irrigation wheel at U.S. Telegraph Station, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S
Irrigation wheel at U.S. Telegraph Station, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageIrrigation Collection: By the canal-Maricopa, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

By the canal-Maricopa, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
By the canal-Maricopa, c1907. Photograph shows a Maricopa woman sitting on the bank of a canal, holding a clay pot

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Farming in Buraydah, the capital of Al-Qassim Region in north-central Saudi Arabia

Farming in Buraydah, the capital of Al-Qassim Region in north-central Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Koufra oasis in 1984 and 2022

Koufra oasis in 1984 and 2022
Color satellite image of Koufra oasis in 1984 and 2022

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Koufra oasis in 1984

Koufra oasis in 1984
Color satellite image of Koufra oasis in 1984

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Koufra oasis in 2022

Koufra oasis in 2022
Color satellite image of Koufra oasis in 2022

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Agricultural Fields in Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia in 2022

Agricultural Fields in Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia in 2022
Color satellite image of agricultural fields in the Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia in 2022. The fields are irrigated by water pumped from underground aquifers

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Agricultural Development in Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia between 1984 and 2022

Agricultural Development in Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia between 1984 and 2022
Color satellite image of the Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia in 1984 and 2022, showing how agricultural activity has developed in the midst of a barren desert

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Peru, Sacred valley, Tipon archeological park, (irrigation channels)

Peru, Sacred valley, Tipon archeological park, (irrigation channels)
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Background imageIrrigation Collection: Bengala, irrigation of fields

Bengala, irrigation of fields India Bengala. Date of Photograph:1965

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Landscape with snowy mountains and grazing cows, New Zealand

Landscape with snowy mountains and grazing cows, New Zealand

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Irrigated agriculture in desert, farm in Utah, USA

Irrigated agriculture in desert, farm in Utah, USA

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Levada das 25 Fontes, irrigation canal, Rabacal, Madeira Island, Portugal

Levada das 25 Fontes, irrigation canal, Rabacal, Madeira Island, Portugal

Background imageIrrigation Collection: EyeUbiquitous_20105476

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China, Jiangsu, Qidong, Farmers clearing aquatic vegetation from a choked irrigation canal with bamboo poles. They hope to catch any surviving fish in small mesh nets attached to some of the poles

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Lifting water water from the Nile using a shadouf, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Creator

Lifting water water from the Nile using a shadouf, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Creator
Raising water from the Nile, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Fellaheen lifting water from the River Nile for irrigation using a shadouf. Wasser [?] Fellaheen bei Nagh-Aamadi

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield

Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, California, USA. October 2014

Background imageIrrigation Collection: The Fens Drained, 1662, (1903). Artist: William Dugdale

The Fens Drained, 1662, (1903). Artist: William Dugdale
The Fens Drained, 1662, (1903). From Social England, Volume IV, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Murray-Darling Basin

Murray-Darling Basin
An aerial view of a portion in New South Wales of the Murraya'Darling basin, a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Washing wheat-San Juan, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Washing wheat-San Juan, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Washing wheat-San Juan, c1905. Two San Juan Indians dipping baskets of wheat into an acequia, or irrigation ditch, to dissolve dirt and to float away debris from the wheat kernels

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Rice fields from above, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Rice fields from above, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Rice field with palm trees, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Rice field with palm trees, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Rice terrace in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Aerial view

Rice terrace in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Aerial view

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Tegalalang Rice Terrace, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Tegalalang Rice Terrace, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Irrigation of a tulip field in the 'Valle Hermoso'(Welsh: Cwm Hyfry), Trevelin, Chubut, Patagonia

Irrigation of a tulip field in the "Valle Hermoso"(Welsh: Cwm Hyfry), Trevelin, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina
Irrigation of a tulip field in the " Valle Hermoso" (Welsh: Cwm Hyfry), Trevelin, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. In the background the Gorsedd and Cwmwl snowy peaks

Background imageIrrigation Collection: A view of a dried irrigation channel is seen in a field in Rumaitha district in Samawa

A view of a dried irrigation channel is seen in a field in Rumaitha district in Samawa, Iraq June 5, 2018. Picture taken June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Vegetables are seen in a field in Maccarese

Vegetables are seen in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Background imageIrrigation Collection: An agronomist inspects the production in a field in Maccarese

An agronomist inspects the production in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Furrows are seen in a field in Maccarese

Furrows are seen in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Background imageIrrigation Collection: A water pipe is seen in a field in Maccarese

A water pipe is seen in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Little vegetables plants are seen next to a ground greenhouse in a field in Maccarese

Little vegetables plants are seen next to a ground greenhouse in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Background imageIrrigation Collection: Low tunnels are seen in a field in Maccarese

Low tunnels are seen in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi



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Irrigation has played a crucial role in shaping the landscapes and sustaining civilizations throughout history. From the picturesque view of the Levada da Serra do Faial on the part from Ribeiro Frio to Portela in Madeira, to the impressive Aswan Dam in Egypt, irrigation systems have transformed barren lands into fertile oases. In Bali, rice terraces stand as a testament to centuries-old agricultural practices that rely heavily on irrigation techniques. Even during the 1500s, garden irrigation was already being practiced, showcasing humanity's early understanding of harnessing water for crop cultivation. The Croton Dam in New York stands tall as a symbol of progress and innovation. Built in 1860, it supplied water for the Croton Aqueduct and paved the way for urban development. Photographs capturing boats and engineering work on the Nile Delta highlight Britain's notable engineering feat in elegant irrigation. This project brought prosperity to an arid land by efficiently distributing water resources. From Australia's colorful lithograph depicting irrigating currant vines to farming scenes in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, where agriculture thrives thanks to well-planned irrigation systems - these images showcase how different regions across the globe have harnessed this essential technique for their economic growth. Lastly, sugar cane production along Guyana's East Coastal area exemplifies how irrigation has facilitated South America's agricultural success story. The lush fields are evidence of human ingenuity working harmoniously with nature’s abundance.