Ditch Companies Photograph Album, 1908-1909

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: Series-248

Staff Only

Content Description

Album containing black and white photographs of ditches, laterals, flumes, etc. throughout Jefferson County, Colorado. The photos are accompanied by detailed descriptions listing what is being photographed; Folio number; Ditch name; Subject; Which direction the photo is looking; Decree number(s); Decree date(s); Date photo taken; Name of photographer; and Name of witness. The witnesses can often be seen holding up signage in the photos.

There are no Folio numbers 594-595, 618-619, or 624-627.

Photographs taken by: C.C. Schrontz and L.R. Smith. Witness: J.A. Greig.

Wadsworth Ditch; Lee and Baugh; South Side; Brown Island; Ouelette; Wannemaker Ditch; Sherick; Lee's Island; Farmers' High Line Canal; Cort, Graves; Hughes; Kershaw Ditch; Clough; Couch Ditch; Swadley Ditch; Lee Ditch; Miles and Eskins Ditch; Fisher; Graves Ditch; Clear Creek and Platte River; Colorado Agricultural Ditch; Rocky Mountain Ditch; Sayer; Sanderson; Slater; Wolff; Lee, Stewart and Eskins; Boyds; Bluff; Slater and Moody; Rhodes; Court; Lane: Golden City Ditch; Ralston Creek; Brown and Baugh; Reno and Juchem; Golden; Page; Agricultural Ditch; Risdon Ditch; Edwards Ditch; James East Ditch; James West Ditch

Dates

1908-1909

Creator

Schrontz, Chalmers Clinton, 1875-1957 (Photographer, Person)
Smith, L.R. (Photographer, Person)
Greig, J.A. (Witness, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Archives collection material is non-circulating, requires staff retrieval and is available for use by appointment in the reading room.

Biographical / Historical

Chalmers C. Schrontz, one of the photographers, was an irrigation civil engineer in Denver.

Extent

0.30 Cubic Feet (One F15 flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Ditch Companies Photograph Album contains black and white photographs of ditches, laterals, flumes, etc. and their descriptions for water sources throughout Jefferson County, Colorado.