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With imagination and money for landscaping irrigation ditches can be turned into residential amenities, like on the grounds of this estate in Holladay.
2007-05-22
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Once water is diverted out of a creek for irrigation, it supplies a byzantine array of ditches whose sizes reflect the number of downstream users and the volume of their water rights. Tanner Ditch is on the right.
2007-05-22
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Sometimes, irrigation systems need to be kept separate. Here, Tanner Ditch crosses over the East Jordan Canal in a flume called 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 enters the concrete-lined canal system in mid-July in front of Old Mill Center II (center left) where it mixes with water from Big...
2007-06-05
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Storm water (left), Mill Creek (center) and the Upper Canal (right) converge. The Upper Canal becomes increasingly smaller as it moves north and fulfills remaining irrigation water rights contracts.
2008-05-13
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Old Mill Golf Course is the first rights holder to draw water from the Upper Canal, which runs north between the golf course and I-215. It uses the water for its irrigation ponds.
2008-06-03
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After the irrigation season has ended, ditches fill in with leaves, like here at the Center Fork Overpass, where Tanner Ditch crosses over the East Jordan Canal. Ditches need to be cleared of debris in the early spring before the irrigation...
2007-11-16
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Tanner Ditch intersects the East Jordan Canal at Fort Union Boulevard near Union Park Centre in Cottonwood Heights.
2010-05-25
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Image shows a general view of a gravel pit and yard in City Creek Canyon.
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Image shows a group of men checking out the flood running through the Avenues.
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Image shows a group of men checking out the flood running through the Avenues.
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Image shows men working on stopping a flood on North Temple
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Image shows a man surveying near 3rd (Third) Avenue, during the construction of the City Creek Aqueduct. The Salt Lake City Temple can be seen in the background.
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Image shows the construction progress of the City Creek Aqueduct along North Temple.
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Image shows a portion of the pipeline and trench used during the construction of the City Creek aqueduct.
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Image shows several boys posing for a photo in the flood.
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Image shows a general view of the exterior of the Wagener Brewing Company Inn.
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Image shows the construction progress of the Pinecrest Inn up Emigration Canyon.
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Image shows the construction progress on the Mountain Dell Dam, up Parley's Canyon. The reservoir is almost full.
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Image shows the construction progress on the Mountain Dell Dam, up Parley's Canyon.
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Image shows a man surveying the construction progress on the Mountain Dell Dam, up Parley's Canyon. The reservoir is nearly full.
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Image shows a general view of the newly completed Mountain Dell Dam. The reservoir is not yet completely filled
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Image shows the Portland Cement Company quarry excavation site in Parley's Canyon.
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Image shows a birds-eye view of the reservoir, dam, and Suicide Rock conduit, near the mouth of Parley's Canyon.
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Image shows the dam and run-off from a reservoir at the mouth of Parley's Canyon.
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