- City:
- Martinsdale, MT
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Contractor:
- Peter Kewitt and Sons
Description
The PWA allocated $778,000 toward the construction of two reservoirs in Meagher County: the Bair Reservoir on the North Fork of the Musselshell River and the Martinsdale Reservoir on the river’s South Fork. 45% of the money for the project was a PWA grant.
The reservoirs were built to store 23,000 acre-feet of water toward the irrigation of at least 20,000 acres.
Source notes
"Omaha Firm Awarded Contract For Musselshell River Irrigation Contract"; Big Timber Pioneer, Mar. 24, 1938, page 1.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 9, 2014.
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