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La Cienega Acequia, 286-384 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM
La Cienega Acequia is one of the best preserved acequia systems in New Mexico. An irrigation feature dating to Spanish colonial settlement in the seventeenth century, acequias were constructed to divert water for use in irrigating agricultural fields and pastures. Acequias shaped the surrounding landscape, contributing not only to the physical layout of the villages but to community life and regional identity. La Cienega Acequia remains in operation along relatively unchanged alignments, and contains several traditional water control devices such as dams, checks, and flumes. It remains essential to the local agricultural economy and landscape.
La Cienega Acequia, 286-384 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM
La Cienega Acequia is one of the best preserved acequia systems in New Mexico. An irrigation feature dating to Spanish colonial settlement in the seventeenth century, acequias were constructed to divert water for use in irrigating agricultural fields and pastures. Acequias shaped the surrounding landscape, contributing not only to the physical layout of the villages but to community life and regional identity. La Cienega Acequia remains in operation along relatively unchanged alignments, and contains several traditional water control devices such as dams, checks, and flumes. It remains essential to the local agricultural economy and landscape.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
