High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.9 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Summary
Significance: White Miller Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes 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, unsophisticated construction in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project.
Survey number: HAER UT-42-O
Building/structure dates: ca. 1926 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1959
Tags
Date
1926
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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