Photograph of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project in [South Dakota, USA] in the early 20th century. Shows a dam, a house and the water.

Photograph of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project in [South Dakota, USA] in the early 20th century. Show three men standing on top of the dam.

Photograph of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project in [South Dakota, USA] in the early 20th century. Shows a close-up view of the dam.

Photograph of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project in [South Dakota, USA] in the early 20th century. Shows men using horses to build one side of the irrigation system.

Photograph of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project in [South Dakota, USA] in the early 20th century. Shows the dam open.

Photograph of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project in [South Dakota, USA] in the early 20th century. Shows the canal.

Photograph of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project in [South Dakota, USA] in the early 20th century. Shows men using horses and ditch diggers to create the canal.

Photograph of two men standing on the plains of Belle Fourche, [South Dakota] in the foreground making notes on the irrigation project while a man sits in a horse drawn buggy in the background in the early 20th century.

Photograph of the construction of the Belle Fourche irrigation project in Newell, South Dakota, USA in the early 20th century. Shows a steam tractor and men on horse drawn wagons working in a field.

Photograph of the construction of the Belle Fourche irrigation project in Newell, South Dakota, USA in the early 20th century. Shows train cars and earth removal equipment.