25-101 Parowan, Utah. July 1925. Panorama of Wilford Day Farm. Looking west. Little Salt Lake in the distance at the base of the gravel cone on which the farm stands. The well is located on the east line near the middle of the farm. It is about 150 feet deep and water rised to within 30 feet of the surface. A deep well centrifugal pump produces a stream of approximately 650 gallons per minute. 25-96 Parowan, Utah. July 1925. Barrier Basin. General view of spillway, looking upstream, after excessive summer flood had gone over the top of dike after filling spillway to top of wing walls. 25-98 Parowan, Utah. April, 1925. Completing the spillway structure to the first level. Wing walls are being raised to the full height. 25-114b Parowan, Utah. June 1925. View of spillway before construction was completed. 38-158 Parowan, Utah. March 10, 1938. General view of basin above apron, flood and gravel control structure, showing the north dike; also showing the high water settling basing where gravel is diverted around the flood basin to the north side and is deposited next to the dike where later it furnished the city of Parowan and adjacent territory with gravel and sand for construction purposes during the following year. View Nos. 38-154 and 152 show in more detail the method of recovering the gravel. 35-152 Parowan, Utah. March 10, 1938. General view of gravel screen device, showing WPA workers scraping gravel into the basin of the trap from which point it is carried by tongue scraper up to the top of the screens, where it is separated into three grades of materials; sand, gravel, and over-size, or rock. The sand drops out first, the gravel is carried into the automobile truck, and the rocks are carried over into the wagon. When the wagon is full it is removed to a dump pile where the rocks are deposited. 38-154 Parowan, Utah. March 10, 1938. View showing hoisting devices for pulling tongue scraper loaded with gravel up to top of screen. A team is being attached to the wagon for removing the load of rock shown in view No. 38-152. 24-60 and 60a Parowan, Utah. April 1924. Two views looking down stream below mouth of canyon during early period of spring run-off when stream was beginning to carry gravel. 24-59 and 59a Parowan, Utah. April 1924. Two views near mouth of Parowan Canyon showing immense deposit of gravel which has been cleared out of stream during period of high water flow in previous years. This method of control was used in an effort to clear the stream of debris so that it might be used for irrigation. 24-61 Parowan, Utah. April 1924. Looking upstream at mouth of Parowan Canyon showing character of stream as it began to carry gravel. 25-100, 100a, and 100b Parowan, Utah. April 1925. Series of views showing various stages in construction of Parowan Flood Control Spillway. 25-100c and 100d Parowan, Utah. April 1925. Series of views showing various stages in construction of Parowan Flood Control Spillway. 25-102 Parowan, Utah. July 26, 1925. Panorama of barrier basin following a summer flood which topped the banks on either side of the spillway. 25-105 Parowan, Utah. July 25, 1925. Gravel deposit at the bend of the canal leading from tunnel project to the Adams and Day farms from a point a short distance from Paragoona. Note the effect which a change in grade has had in causing the stream to unload its burden of gravel. Summer flood had topped the bank and eroded a channel through it. 25-114 and 114a Parowan, Utah. June 1925. Location: Flood Control Barrier. Two views of spillway before construction was completed. 30-67 Parowan, Utah. August 16, 1930. Close-up of spillway. 30-68 Parowan, Utah. August 16, 1930. General view of spillway in flood control barrier. 28-79 Parowan, Utah. September 1928. Location: Gravel Control Barrier. View showing spillway with extension which was made following the flood of 1925 when the stream over-topped the embankment. 28-81 Parowan, Utah. September 1928. Looking south across barrier spillway.
