water scottsdale: Did you know why Phoenix & Scottsdale exist?
- 01/12/15 01:40 AM
Did you know that Scottsdale, Glendale, Arcadia in Phoenix, Peoria owe their existence to the 47 miles of the Arizona Canal first completed in 1885 and then extended another five miles in 1894? You may have thought it was due to the invention of air conditioning. It is water my friends. Downtown Phoenix had the Salt River which supplied water in those days before the dams. However, Scottsdale and the other cities owe their existence to the Arizona Canal.Thank you to our fore fathers for taking action even before Arizona became a State. Per Wikepedia, "TheĀ Arizona CanalĀ is a major canal in (2 comments)
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