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...began construction of the $12 million Alvaro Obregón Dam on the Yaqui River, in Sonora state. Finished in 1952, it soaked more than 543,000 acres in the valley below, created a treasure house of cotton, wheat and California-sized vegetables. In 1955 the $8,000,000 Mocuzari Dam was completed near Alamos, also in Sonora state. With its irrigation system finished, 197,000 acres have grown lushly green under a first planting of cotton and wheat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Garden on the Gulf | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

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