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Franklin Canal
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Franklin Canal
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Nearest city	El Paso, Texas
Area	184 acres (74 ha)
Built	1889 (1889)
Built by	El Paso Irrigation Co.
NRHP reference No.	92000696
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1992

The Franklin Canal is in the southern part of the Upper Colorado Region

The Franklin Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas. The canal acquires water from the Rio Grande via the American Canal. The canal is 28.4 miles (45.7 km) long with a capacity of 325 cubic feet per second.

The Franklin Irrigation Company completed the canal in 1891 at a cost of $150,000. In 1912, the U.S. Reclamation Service purchased the canal, and it became a key part of the Rio Grande Project.

The canal was renovated and enlarged between 1912 and 1916. The work included repairing the diversion dam, enlarging the heading of the canal, and lining a portion of the channel with concrete. When completed, the canal was capable of irrigating 40,000 acres.