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While valley residents typically envision rivers and creeks as sites for recreational use, sometimes canals like the East Jordan can become recreational spots for those with imagination. Although tailwater in canals can last all year, in dry...
2007-11-16
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As the East Jordan Canal Extension runs through Holladay, it becomes an suburban waterway that separates residential from commercial property. Tailwater can remain in the canal after the irrigation season ends in October.
2007-11-16
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Sometimes, irrigation systems need to be kept separate. Here, Tanner Ditch crosses over the East Jordan Canal in a flume named the Center Fork Overpass.
2008-08-28
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The Cottonwood Corporate Center is an important node in the valley irrigation system. Water from Utah Lake conveyed by the East Jordan Canal Extension is pumped eastward at the 6200 South Pump Station starting in mid-July. It enters the...
2007-06-05
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While area residents see canal rights-of-way as suburban nature paths, the Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities needs access to canals, like the East Jordan. When the department has to take out trees encroaching on the right-of-way in...
2008-08-28
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Before East Jordan Canal water can be pumped, it needs to be cleaned. A uniquely designed debris collector uses a grate at the 6200 South pump station to filter refuse out of the canal and deposit it on the ground via a conveyor belt.
2009-08-12
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The automated debris collector at the 6200 South Pump Station filters out an array of refuse, organic and inorganic, that winds up in the East Jordan Canal as water passes out of Utah Lake, down the Jordan River and then into the canal.
2009-08-12
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At the 6200 South Pump Station, water from the East Jordan Canal Extension is pumped approximately one mile uphill to the Cottonwood Corporate Center at 2950 East, enabling the Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities to meet exchange...
2009-08-12
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Jordan River water is diverted at the Joint Dam, approximately one mile north of the Jordan Narrows, for the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal, after the river enters its broad flood plain.
2011-05-02
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The Jordan and Salt Lake Canal parallels the Jordan River for its first few miles. Then it turns north-northeast as it follows the contour gradient.
2011-05-02
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The Jordan and Salt Lake Canal crosses over Interstate 215 at 900 East inside a concrete aqueduct.
2009-04-24
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The Jordan and Salt Lake Canal continues its route northward above ground after it leaves the I-215 aqueduct. It will remain above ground until 3400 South.
2009-04-24
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The Jordan and Salt Lake Canal heads east as it passes under a motel's grounds at 6600 South.
2009-04-24
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Heading east at 6600 South, the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal passes over Little Cottonwood Creek as it flows north.
2009-04-24
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The Jordan and Salt Lake Canal passes behind the Walker Lane Well pump house at Highland Drive. Irrigation water never mixes with culinary water in the system.
2008-07-01
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The Jordan and Salt Lake and East Jordan canals provide water for the dense canopy of trees that developed in Holladay. Without irrigation from the canals, Holladay's only natural vegetation would be typical riparian flora adjacent to Big...
2008-07-01
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Cottonwood Lane at 5340 South is an important node in the valley irrigation and storm water system. There, water from the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal can be dumped into Big Cottonwood Creek. Built in 1898 and called the ""Big Spill"", the transfer...
2009-08-12
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Water from the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal, flowing north, is dumped into Big Cottonwood Creek, flowing west, at the Big Spill. The creek is approximately 15 feet below the canal.
2009-08-12
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The Jordan and Salt Lake Canal flows north above Mill Creek. At 1440 Murphy's Lane there is a headgate that has been cut off, so that when the level of the canal reaches a certain pre-set level, approximately 4.5 feet, it automatically overflows...
2009-08-12
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A depth gauge measures the height of the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal at 1100 East in Sugarhouse. Water can be moved from the canal to Parleys Creek running under the canal.
2009-08-12
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Manhole covers provide access to the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal and Emigration Creek, which runs under the canal.
2011-02-09
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The Jordan and Salt Lake Canal flows under McClelland Street as it heads north from Sugarhouse. The metal plates in the street mark cross-unders and/or headgates to move the canal water into smaller ditches.
2011-02-09
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A commemorative plaque in Sugarhouse discusses the history of the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal and illustrates the course of the canal through the Salt Lake Valley.
2011-02-11
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A right-of-way known locally as the Browning Ave. Viaduct runs above the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal as it flows north from 1550 South to 1400 South at 1180 East.
2008-09-15
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The headgate for Tanner Ditch (top) diverts water from Big Cottonwood Creek at 6200 South just west of Holladay Boulevard.
2007-05-22
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