Colorado Agricultural College
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Irrigation Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: WIPC
Abstract
The Irrigation Photograph Collection contains lantern slides and glass plate negatives related primarily to irrigation and agricultural subjects in Colorado and around the world. Colorado locations include the Colorado Agricultural College campus, Long's Peak, the San Luis Valley, and the Eastern Plains. Other countries significantly represented through irrigation or cultural sites include Egypt, Algeria, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Mexico. A portion of the...
Dates:
1889-1933; Majority of material found within 1898-1909
Ralph L. Parshall Collection
Collection
Identifier: WRLP
Abstract
Ralph Parshall contributed significantly to the field of irrigation engineering with the development of a flow-measuring device that became commonly known as the Parshall flume and continues to be widely used. Materials in the collection include Parshall's patent on his "Venturi flume water stage recording instruments," awards that Parshall received, publications, copies of talks he presented on KOA radio in Denver, and a number of lantern slides depicting flumes, weirs, plans, and...
Dates:
1888-1992; Majority of material found within 1921-1961
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- Subject
- Agriculture 1
- Algeria 1
- Colorado 1
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Dam failures 1
- Dams 1
- Egypt 1
- Flumes 1
- France 1
- Irrigation 1
- Irrigation canals and flumes 1
- Irrigation engineering 1
- Irrigation engineers 1
- Irrigation farming 1
- Italy 1
- Motion pictures (visual works) 1
- Negatives 1
- Parshall flumes 1
- Snow surveys 1
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- Surveying 1
- Veterinary medicine 1
- Weirs 1 + ∧ less
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