Milner Dam and the Twin Falls Main Canal


  • Address: E 3425 N
  • Vicinity: Twin Falls Main Canal btw Murtaugh and Milner Lakes
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Andrew J Wiley Architect
1811/10/28 Pacific Fur Company Company The Overland Astorians, a Pacific Fur Company expedition led by Wilson Price Hunt descending the upper Snake River to Astoria, encounter rough water below the present Milner Dam. Astor Expedition
1811/10/28 In the gorge of the Snake about two miles past (below the present Milner Dam), one of the Pacific Fur Company expedition's most experienced and valuable voyageurs, Antoine Clappine, is lost overbroad when his canoe hits a partly submerged rock. Astor Expedition
1902/00/00

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Particulars for Milner Dam and the Twin Falls Main Canal:
Area of Significance Agriculture
Historic Use Canal Related
Historic Use Communications facility
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Public works
Other Description Rock and Earth Fill Dam
Sight Category Structure
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 10th July 1986

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Milner Dam and the Twin Falls Main Canal
Registry Address: Twin Falls Main Canal between Murtaugh and Milner Lakes
Registry Number: 86001720
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Private
Architect: Wiley,A.J.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Rock and Earth Fill Dam
Area in Acres: 340
Contributing Structures: 3
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Agriculture
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1902, 1904, 1909
Historic Function: Government, Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Public works, Communications facility
Current Function: Government, Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Public works Communications facility

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