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Soule Canal

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Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 1
Soule Canal is located in Kansas
Soule Canal
Soule Canal is located in the United States
Soule Canal
LocationBetween U.S. Routes 50/400 and Soule Ave., Ingalls, Kansas
Coordinates37°49′18″N 100°26′18″W / 37.82167°N 100.43833°W / 37.82167; -100.43833
Arealess than five acres
NRHP reference No.14000857[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 2014
Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 2
LocationNorth side of 50/400 east of Ingalls, Kansas
Coordinates37°49′00″N 100°25′28″W / 37.81667°N 100.42444°W / 37.81667; -100.42444
Arealess than five acres
NRHP reference No.14000858[2]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 2014

The Soule Canal is a historic failed irrigation canal in southwest Kansas meant to divert water from the Arkansas River. Two segments near Ingalls, Kansas were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1][2]

The canal ran from the east edge of Ingalls in Gray County, Kansas east to Spearville in adjacent Ford County. The canal generally followed the line of the Arkansas River, the ATSF railway, and U.S. Highway 50/400.[3]

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It became known as Soule's Folly.[5]

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  1. ^ a b "Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 1".
  2. ^ a b "Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 2".
  3. ^ Sarah J. Martin (2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 1 / KHRI # 069-191" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2017. With maps, aerial photos, and six ground photos from 2013.
  4. ^ Sarah J. Martin (2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 2 / KHRI # 069-192" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2017. With maps, aerial photos, and six ground photos from 2013.
  5. ^ Kansas Historic Society. "Soule Canal". Kansapedia.
  6. ^ Christy Davis (2013). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Resources of the Soule Canal" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2017.