Brooks Aqueduct National and Provincial Historic Site

The Brooks Aqueduct was built between 1912 and 1914 by the Canadian Pacific Railway's irrigation division to serve as a vital link in its expansive irrigation network. The Aqueduct stretched the limits of engineering design and technology, and at the time, was the largest concrete structure of its kind in the world. Like a giant centipede, it spans a shallow 3.2 km wide valley, suspending a concrete sling 20 metres above the prairie landscape. Once filled with precious water for the thirsty croplands of southwestern Alberta, today this national and provincial historic site holds only memories.