Photograph of a man in a horse and buggy driving across a highway bridge over an empty canal that is used for irrigation in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Photograph of a steam shovel and train digging through a deep cut for irrigation purposes in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Illustration of a catch-work water-meadow showing the main conductors and the drains.

Photograph of a section of a water distribution centre in the early 20th century.

Photograph of an irrigation distributing centre showing the water enclosure next to a field in the early 20th century.

Photograph of men using horses and ploughs to preparing irrigation ditches on the "Dry Belt" at Walhachin in the Thompson River district preparatory to planting in the early 20th century.

Photograph of two men demonstrating a quick method of making irrigation beds in Calcutta, India.

Photograph of an irrigation canal in Egypt in the early 20th century.

Photograph of an irrigation system in Colorado [USA] in the early 20th century.

Photograph of irrigation experiments in Colorado [USA] in the early 20th century.