Canal congested with water from the Colorado River after five unsuccessful attempts at channeling the river, ca.1903

Photograph of the [Imperial?] Canal congested with water from the Colorado River after five unsuccessful attempts at channeling the river, ca.1903. This is the break which formed the present Salton Sea. The ends of three piles stick up out of the river at the sandy bank. Trees grow thickly on the distant opposite shore.本照片拍摄于约1903年，记录了五次尝试对科罗拉多河（Colorado River）开展河道导流均告失败后，河水涌入疑为帝国运河（Imperial Canal）的水道并导致其壅塞的场景。此次决口造就了如今的索尔顿海（Salton Sea）。三根桩柱的顶端露出沙岸旁的河面，对岸远端的岸线林木繁茂。