Arizona Canal

The Arizona Canal is a major irrigation canal in central Maricopa County in the U.S. state of Arizona.

Its water is taken from the Salt River at Granite Reef Dam near Scottsdale. At Phoenix, Cave Creek flows into the channel. Then it flows through Glendale and opens at Peoria in the Skunk Creek, which over the New River Agua Fria River flows into the. The channel has a total length of 75 km. It is used for irrigation by the hour flooding of land.

The construction of the canal began in 1885 by William J. Murphy. He founded Glendale. In the city center named after him is Murphy Park. The nearby Peoria was established in this decade. The channel introduced in the late 1880s to the establishment of other communities that belong to the wealthier neighborhoods of heutzutag suburban Phoenix. Flood irrigation of surrounding gardens is still common, by providing a system used by the side branches, which are connected by gates with the actual channel .. How many Valley canals, its banks with joggers and cyclists popular.

The channel with a length of almost 80 km is the northernmost channel within the 211 km long Salt River Project water distribution system. The channel begins at Granite Reef Dam, northeast of Mesa, then flows west over the Salt River Pima - Maricopa Indian Community, the city center of Scottsdale, Phoenix's Arcadia and Sunnyslope neighborhoods, Glendale, and Peoria before at New River he in the ends near the Arrowhead Towne Center.

History

William J. Murphy was recruited in 1883 to spearhead the construction of the canal, which was completed in May 1885

In 1888, a former Civil War chaplain named Major Winfield Scott earned a few miles upstream ( east ) 2.6 km ² of land on the south side of the channel Chased and laid the foundations for today's Scottsdale. Murphy later built the Ingleside Club Hotel near Scottsdale ( what is now Arcadia ), and thus founded the vital tourist industry. Various Resorts - The Phoenician, Biltmore, Royal Palms, a Pointe Hilton and Ritz- Carlton - were all built in close proximity to the canal 1929-1988 Furthermore, were built five shopping malls of various sizes and richness: Borgata, Scottsdale Fashion Square. , Biltmore Fashion Park, Metro Center Mall and Arrowhead Towne Center, all along the channel course. The canal was extended at the western end of 1894 five miles, so that he is now 76 km (47 miles) long.

A restored hydroelectric plant (750 kilowatts ) and artistic representation was opened in June 2003 in Arcadia, at a natural slope of 6.2 m height, the one called Arizona Falls.

The Waterfront Project of Scottsdale aims, the area along the Arizona Canal just west of Scottsdale Road to revive it. The city council (City of Scottsdale ) and the Public Art Board ( Committee on Public Art) of Scottsdale dedicated architect Paolo Soleri to who designed a bridge over the Arizona Canal in downtown Scottsdale. The suspension bridge has two steel lined 64 -foot pylons, which casts a beam of light on the promenade to highlight solar events. The bridge will guide pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders from the north and south along the Arizona Canal system.

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