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High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: The Knight Ditch is significant in Uinta Basin irrigation history for several reasons. The remaining flumes are excellent examples of canal building technology in the early 20th century. Vandali... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: The Knight Ditch is significant in Uinta Basin irrigation history for several reasons. The remaining flumes are excellent examples of canal building technology in the early 20th century. Vandali... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Water Lily Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 1.1 miles Northeast of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Water Lily Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: The Water Lily Lake Dam is the oldest manmade structure to reservoir a natural lake in the Swift Creek drainage. With a crest length of 64 feet, it is the smallest of the dams in the Upalco Unit ... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.4 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Brown Duck Lake is one of three high mountain lakes dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam is representative, though structurally damaged, and the recent replacemen... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 9.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Situated picturesquely on the western tip of Milk Lake at the base of a steep mountainside, the Milk Lake Dam is perhaps the most visually striking of the Upalco Unit dams. It is technologically ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 9.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Situated picturesquely on the western tip of Milk Lake at the base of a steep mountainside, the Milk Lake Dam is perhaps the most visually striking of the Upalco Unit dams. It is technologically ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.5 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National ...

Significance: The largest of the Brown Duck Basin dams, the Clements Lake Dam is a representative, though undistinguished, example of clay core/earth fill technology found in the Upalco Unit. Its principal sig... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: Within a year after the Ute Reservation was opened for homestead entry in 1905, Thomas and Martha Rhoads built a homestead located about a mile north of the confluence of the west and north forks ... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: Within a year after the Ute Reservation was opened for homestead entry in 1905, Thomas and Martha Rhoads built a homestead located about a mile north of the confluence of the west and north forks ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit, Superior Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit, Superior Lake Dam, Ashley National F...

Significance: Superior 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 ir... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: The Knight Ditch is significant in Uinta Basin irrigation history for several reasons. The remaining flumes are excellent examples of canal building technology in the early 20th century. Vandali... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.4 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Brown Duck Lake is one of three high mountain lakes dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam is representative, though structurally damaged, and the recent replacemen... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Canal, Duchesne, Duch...

Significance: The Ouray Park Canal is one of the largest canals in the Uinta Basin, both in terms of volume and overall length. Correspondingly, it has had one of the largest impacts upon the agricultural deve... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, ...

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Duchesne County, Utah. Abandoned building

Duchesne County, Utah. Abandoned building

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Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duc...

Significance: The Rocky Point Canal is significant for its importance in supplying irrigation water to farms near the City of Duchesne. With the failure of the Blue Bench Irrigation District #1 (Knight Ditch),... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rhodes Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: Within a year after the Ute Reservation was opened for homestead entry in 1905, Thomas and Martha Rhoads built a homestead located about a mile north of the confluence of the west and north forks ... More

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

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

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 ... More

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

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

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 ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit, Superior Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit, Superior Lake Dam, Ashley National F...

Significance: Superior 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 ir... More

High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit, Superior Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit, Superior Lake Dam, Ashley National F...

Significance: Superior 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 ir... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Deep Creek Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Deep Creek Canal, Duchesne, Duch...

Significance: The Deep Creek Canal is the fourth largest of all project canals in terms of acres irrigated. Due to this fact, as well as the presence of fertile soils south of Tridell and west of LaPoint, it i... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.4 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Brown Duck Lake is one of three high mountain lakes dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam is representative, though structurally damaged, and the recent replacemen... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 9.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Situated picturesquely on the western tip of Milk Lake at the base of a steep mountainside, the Milk Lake Dam is perhaps the most visually striking of the Upalco Unit dams. It is technologically ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 9.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Situated picturesquely on the western tip of Milk Lake at the base of a steep mountainside, the Milk Lake Dam is perhaps the most visually striking of the Upalco Unit dams. It is technologically ... More

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

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National For...

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 irrig... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Canal, Duchesne, Duch...

Significance: The Ouray Park Canal is one of the largest canals in the Uinta Basin, both in terms of volume and overall length. Correspondingly, it has had one of the largest impacts upon the agricultural deve... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duc...

Significance: The Rocky Point Canal is significant for its importance in supplying irrigation water to farms near the City of Duchesne. With the failure of the Blue Bench Irrigation District #1 (Knight Ditch),... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duc...

Survey number: HAER UT-30-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

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

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National For...

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 irrig... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Ouray Park Canal, Duchesne, Duch...

Significance: The Ouray Park Canal is one of the largest canals in the Uinta Basin, both in terms of volume and overall length. Correspondingly, it has had one of the largest impacts upon the agricultural deve... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, ...

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Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duc...

Significance: The Rocky Point Canal is significant for its importance in supplying irrigation water to farms near the City of Duchesne. With the failure of the Blue Bench Irrigation District #1 (Knight Ditch),... More

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

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

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 ... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duc...

Survey number: HAER UT-30-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Highline Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Highline Canal, Duchesne, Duches...

Significance: A couple hundred yards downstream from the canal's diversion, the Highline Canal achieves its most significant engineering characteristic of its whole length. An outcrop of sandstone made it nece... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Whiterocks & Ouray Valley Canal,...

Significance: The Whiterocks and Ouray Valley Canal is significant for its impact on a large area of the Uinta Basin. The canal is one of the longest in the basin and has one of the largest carrying capacities... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Farmers Lake Tunnel, Ashley National Forest, 5.7 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Farmers Lake Tunnel, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: On the majority of the reservoirs in the Upalco Unit, the irrigation companies created storage by building dams to raise the natural high-water level of the lakes and cut drainage channels below t... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 9.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Situated picturesquely on the western tip of Milk Lake at the base of a steep mountainside, the Milk Lake Dam is perhaps the most visually striking of the Upalco Unit dams. It is technologically ... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a desert landscape, Duchesne County, Utah. Desert country

A black and white photo of a desert landscape, Duchesne County, Utah. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Deer Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 5.8 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Deer Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Deer 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 irriga... More

Duchesne County, Utah. Rock formations along the highway

Duchesne County, Utah. Rock formations along the highway

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Rocky Point Canal, Duchesne, Duc...

Significance: The Rocky Point Canal is significant for its importance in supplying irrigation water to farms near the City of Duchesne. With the failure of the Blue Bench Irrigation District #1 (Knight Ditch),... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Wissiup Homestead, Duchesne, Duc...

Survey number: HAER UT-30-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Farmers Lake Tunnel, Ashley National Forest, 5.7 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Farmers Lake Tunnel, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: On the majority of the reservoirs in the Upalco Unit, the irrigation companies created storage by building dams to raise the natural high-water level of the lakes and cut drainage channels below t... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Farmers Lake Tunnel, Ashley National Forest, 5.7 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Farmers Lake Tunnel, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: On the majority of the reservoirs in the Upalco Unit, the irrigation companies created storage by building dams to raise the natural high-water level of the lakes and cut drainage channels below t... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Knight Ditch, Duchesne, Duchesne...

Significance: The Knight Ditch is significant in Uinta Basin irrigation history for several reasons. The remaining flumes are excellent examples of canal building technology in the early 20th century. Vandali... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah

May 1917. 2 Sheet(s). Utah fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. Th... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Myton, Duchesne County, Utah

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Myton, Duchesne County, Utah

Apr 1917. 1 Sheet(s). Utah fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. Th... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah

May 1917. 2 Sheet(s). Utah fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. Th... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Whiterocks Canal, Duchesne,...

Significance: The canal provides irrigation for the Indian ranching and farming community of Whiterocks, Utah. The site of Whiterocks was selected by Captain Pardon Dodds who served as Indian Agent from 1867-1... More

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