37-49 Kessler Canyon, Utah, July 8, 1937. View of No. 5 spillway. Looking down stream after floods of July 3 and 6. 37-50 Kessler Canyon, Utah, July 8, 1937. Fan above west end of No. 6 barrier showing how same was filled to point of overflowing. Note cut through barrier on left, and manner in which channel is completely filled beyond the figure of John Stewart, standing at bottom of channel. Looking up stream through Kessler Canyon. Garfield Smelter. Utah Bowl type Spillway 73 feet high. Below- same structure showing flood control barrier one mile long. Kessler Canyon, Utah. (Garfield Smelter) Barrier Spillway - Below - Looking down stream from above structure - Taken out for personal report 30-126 and 38-320 Rubble-concrete-masonry spillway at Kessler Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah, built in 1927. Upper view shows the structure at first crest level. It was raised in 1927 to a height of 55 feet above stream bed, and was raised in 1930 to 67 feet above stream bed. The upper view shows the work at the time the second raise was being made. The lower view shows the structure in 1938 following a terrific torrential flood which reached the volume of 15,000 second fleet. Above this structure there is now being a third crest, which will carry the total height of the spillway up to 100 feet above stream bed. This structure stands on alluvial fill, with no bed rock within a thousand feet. Lower end of flood channel below No. 10 barrier Looking downstream through No. 6 spillway. No. 5 structure (Timber screen and spillway) shown in right center. Intake to 20 by 20 foot tunnel through smelter shown at upper right center. (Note a drop of over 150 feet from No. 6 spillcrest to tunnel intake). 30-126 and 38-320 Rubble-concrete-masonry spillway at Kessler Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah, built in 1927. Upper view shows the structure at first crest level. It was raised in 1927 to a height of 55 feet above stream bed, and was raised in 1930 to 67 feet above stream bed. The upper view shows the work at the time the second raise was being made. The lower view shows the structure in 1938 following a terrific torrential flood which reached the volume of 15,000 second feet. Above this structure there is now being raised a third crest, which will carry the total height of the spillway up to 100 feet above stream bed. This structure stands on alluvial fill, with no bed rock within a thousand feet. Looking down stream at Kessler Canyon Barrier - spillway near stack at right. Construction under way. Main channel at extreme right, not in view. 34-179 taken out Oct 29 - 1962 34-179 Salina Canyon, Utah. July 30, 1934. Spillway in flood control barrier at mouth of Soldier Canyon. 34-178 Salina Canyon, Utah. July 30, 1934. Diversion dam just below mouth of Soldier Canyon. 33-170 Salina Canyon, Utah. September 1933. Erosion control dam 32 feet high for restoration of mountain meadow.
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