county of newell.
The County of Newell is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2, its municipal office is located south of the City of Brooks.
It was incorporated as the County of Newell No. 4 on January 1, 1953, through the amalgamation of the Municipal District of Newell No. 28 and part of the Municipal District of Bow Valley No. 40. Its name was changed to the County of Newell on September 9, 2011. featured: brooks
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) built this reinforced concrete aqueduct between 1912 and 1914. It was part of a large irritation scheme using water diverted from the Bow River to transform 55,000 hectares east of Brooks from semi-arid rangeland to farmland suitable for settlement.
A major engineering feat over 3.1 kilometres (2 miles) long. The aqueduct featured a catenary-shaped flume mounted on 1,030 columns, and an inverted syphon under the CPR main line. In 1935 the Brooks Aqueduct was turned over to the Eastern Irrigation District. With completion of a larger replacement canal the aqueduct was abandoned in 1979.
