On the way home we passed through the town of Brooks and visited the aquaduct. It is the largest aquaduct in the world. Originally built in 1915 by the Canadian Pacific Railway to bring water to the parched Alberta prairies. It is 3.2kms long and 20 metres high and at one time had as many as 600 men working on it. There were many accidents during the building process which took 2 years. Even when it was completed there were many problems, mostly design faults. The joints leaked and it began to rust! In 1979 Government decided to replace it with a canal and fence it for public safety at a fraction of the cost for demolition. It remains as a monument to those who built it.
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