Alamo Canal (Mexicali)
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Western end of the Alamo Canal. The canal was constructed mostly in the riverbed of the old Alamo River, which was essentially a delta arm of the Colorado River. The Alamo Canal began just above the Calif/Mexico border near Los Algodones and ended at Sharp's Heading, where the water was divided into various canals to provide irrigation & domestic water for the newly developed Imperial Valley.
In the early 1900s, the entire flow of the Colorado River was accidentally diverted into the Alamo Canal for a yr or two, which flow created the Salton Sea (which previously had been dry for at least several hundred yrs).
Alamo Canal was also known as (& shown on many old topos as) the Imperial Canal.
In the early 1900s, the entire flow of the Colorado River was accidentally diverted into the Alamo Canal for a yr or two, which flow created the Salton Sea (which previously had been dry for at least several hundred yrs).
Alamo Canal was also known as (& shown on many old topos as) the Imperial Canal.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Canal
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Coordinates: 32°39'1"N 115°20'20"W
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