High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Summary
Significance: Drift Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for irrigation. The dam is a representative example of small-scale earth-fill construction in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project.
Survey number: HAER UT-42-E
Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1928 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Farmers Irrigation Company
National Forest Service
Location
Mountain Home, 40.39912, -110.38849
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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