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Big Spill
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Big Spill |
| Subject | Valley; ditch; diversion; drop structure; headgate; irrigation |
| Description | 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 point enables the Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities to move irrigation water into Big Cottonwood Creek to fulfill exchange agreements with irrigators west of the canal. During periods of high storm runoff, the canal also can carry storm... |
| Coverage | Big Spill Big Cottonwood Creek Jordan and SL Cottonwood Lane; 5340 South 40°39'20.66"N 111°49'28.15"W |
| Date | 2009-08-12 |
| 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/299 |
