Hydrohistorian
Lees Ferry gaging station, Coconino County, Arizona. 1921.
U.S. Geological Survey · 1921 · U.S. Geological Survey
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The gaging station at Lee's Ferry, photographed a year before the Colorado River Compact was signed. This is the point the Compact divides the river at, and the shed on the bank is where the number that settles it comes from.
Shows: The measuring point an interstate agreement was about to be built on, as it stood in 1921.
What this does not let you conclude: Any obligation or any delivery. Our compacts pages carry what each agreement says; this is the instrument shelter it is argued over. 4 August 1921. The album caption notes the ferry cable car at the left of the frame.
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- Topic compacts · hero
- Topic trends · plate
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