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Stairs Station spillway

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Title Stairs Station spillway
Subject Canyon; dam; diversion; headgate
Description The Granite forebay just below Stairs Station maintains the diversion of water from Big Cottonwood Creek to generate power at the Granite Plant at the canyon mouth. Approximately .7 cfs of water is released into the creek, adding to the 4 cfs flow from springs, to maintain the fishery and aesthetics.
Coverage Stairs Station; Granite Plant Big Cottonwood Creek 40°37'24.31"N 111°45'12.36"W
Date 2009-08-11
Creator Craig Denton
Type image
Format image/tif
Rights Craig L. Denton 2009. Use of this file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Identifier http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/HW/id/83

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