Institute Canal Company Pump House
- Address: S end Fairview St
- Vicinity: Galloway Canal, Strawn Ave
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1903/00/00 | Thomas Maryatt, a civil engineer and a Weiser homesteader who helped establish the Institute, locates reservoir sites and helps to plan construction of a small dam, and other irrigation features. | |||||
| 1918/00/00 | Rev Edward A Paddock | Developer | Institute Canal Company Pump House is integrated into a plan by Edward A Paddock, founder of the Intermountain Institute, to make the school self-sufficient by watering its agricultural fields. | |||
| 1919/03/00 | William H Reader and John Lowe, both brick masons, are hired to build a pump house to dispense irrigation water from the Galloway Canal to the Intermountain Institute, the Butterfield Livestock Company and several small landholders of Weiser, Idaho. | |||||
| 1919/05/00 | Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company | Manufacturer | Institute Canal Co Pump House is outfitted with two 150-horse power Allis-Chalmers pumps which push water 72' uphill through 1,200 feet of 4' wooden pipe to a highline ditch north of the pump house. In a year, two more 100-horse power pumps will be added. | |||
| 1920/00/00 | Institute Canal Company Pump House irrigates 3,000 acres on Weiser Flat, including 1,200 acres land belonging to the Institute and 1,100 acres of Butterfield property. |
| Particulars for Institute Canal Company Pump House: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Historic Use | Water supply system |
| Historic Use | Water Works |
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