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Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct

Coordinates: 41°13′45″N 103°46′40″W / 41.22917°N 103.77778°W / 41.22917; -103.77778
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Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct
Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct is located in Nebraska
Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct
Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct is located in the United States
Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct
Nearest cityKimball, Nebraska
Coordinates41°13′45″N 103°46′40″W / 41.22917°N 103.77778°W / 41.22917; -103.77778
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
Built byMaginnis, Patrick
NRHP reference No.94001231[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1994

The Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct, in rural Kimball County, Nebraska about five miles from Kimball, was built in 1912 by Patrick Maginnis. It consists of a woodend trestle supporting a galvanized steel flume, about 55-metre (180 ft) long and about 4.5-metre (15 ft) in maximum height. It was part of the Bay State Irrigation Canal.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] It was deemed significant for association with irrigation and agriculture in the state and "as an excellent example of a structure designed to overcome a topographical obstruction", namely a draw of Lodgepole Creek. In 1994, it was "the best preserved and most visible" of several surviving aqueduct sections in the area.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Greg Miller (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct / NeHBS No. KM00-039". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos from 1992
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