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National Geographic : 1909 May
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THE CALL OF THE WEST OUTLINE MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE GOVERNMENT RECLAMATION PROJECTS which carry whole rivers. Laid end to end, these canals would reach from New York to San Francisco. It has in opera tion more than 983 miles of telephone lines. It has built 338 miles of roads, most of which are in a country heretofore inaccessible. The tunnels excavated have a total length of more than 16 miles. Nearly one million acres are now ready for irrigation, embracing 4,686 farms. The construction works completed include 793 bridges and 7,297 canal structures, such as dams, headgates, turnouts, drops, etc. The excavations of rock and earth moved amount to the enormous total of 54,889,977 cubic yards. It is estimated that as a result of the activities of this bureau more than 20,000 people are now established in homes in the arid West. 437
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