Hidden Water - Salt Lake County Water Drainages

- PC022
- Hidden Hollow Park
- This sign in the park explains how this neighborhood acquired the name Sugrahouse.
- Valley; signage; recreational use; public landscaping
- PC023
- Hidden Hollow Park
- The creek flows close to a shopping area in Sugarhouse & then disappears into an underground culvert.
- Valley; recreational use; public landscaping
- PC024
- Parley's Creek
- Here the creek has been brought above ground as a water feature in the Sugarhouse neighborhood. West of this feature it continues underground to 1300 S & Main St. where it will head west and empty into the Jordan River.
- Valley; recreational use; public landscaping
- PC1000
- Mountain Dell Dam Construction
- Image shows a man surveying the construction progress on the Mountain Dell Dam, up Parley's Canyon. The reservoir is nearly full.
- Reservoirs Surveying Surveying - Instruments Surveyors Mountains Dams Dams - Design and construction Canyons Construction equipment
- PC1001
- Mountain Dell Dam Construction
- Image shows the construction progress on the Mountain Dell Dam, up Parley's Canyon. The reservoir is almost full.
- Reservoirs Mountains Dams Dams - Design and construction Canyons Construction equipment
- PC1002
- Mountain Dell Dam Construction
- Image shows the construction progress on the Mountain Dell Dam, up Parley's Canyon.
- Reservoirs Mountains Dams Dams - Design and construction Canyons Construction equipment Machinery
- PC1003
- Mountain Dell Dam Construction
- Image shows a general view of the newly completed Mountain Dell Dam. The reservoir is not yet completely filled
- Reservoirs Mountains Dams Dams - Design and construction Canyons Construction equipment
- PC1004
- Parley's Canyon - Technicians Working at Reservoir
- Image shows a birds-eye view of the reservoir, dam, and Suicide Rock conduit, near the mouth of Parley's Canyon.
- Bridges, Stone Canyons Mountains Vegetation and climate Dams Aqueducts Electric conduits Reservoirs
- PC1005
- Reservoir at Parley's Canyon, Inspecting Conduit
- Image shows Suicide Rock at the base of what was once Parley's Canyon Reservoir.
- Canyons Mountains Railroads Reservoirs Aqueducts
- PC1006
- Parley's Creek - Suicide Rock, Flood Damage
- Image shows a new flume at the base of Parley's Canyon. It was built to bypass flood waters around the side of Suicide Rock.
- Dams Aqueducts Electric conduits Reservoirs Canyons Mountains Snow Flumes
- PC1006
- Parley's Canyon, Suicide Rock
- Image shows Suicide Rock at the base of what was once Parley's Canyon Reservoir.
- Canyons Mountains Reservoirs
- PC1007
- Parley's Canyon - Conduit
- Image shows the dam and run-off from a reservoir at the mouth of Parley's Canyon.
- Dams Aqueducts Canyons Mountains Reservoirs Horse-drawn vehicles Horses
- PC1008
- Parley's Canyon - Flume With Water Flowing
- Image shows a general view of water spilling out from a flume near the mouth of Parley's Canyon. The flume was built to bypass water and reduce flooding.
- Flumes Mountains Canyons Vegetation and climate Reservoirs Waterfalls
- PC1009
- Portland Cement Company, Quarry at Parley's Canyon
- Image shows the Portland Cement Company quarry excavation site in Parley's Canyon.
- Quarries and quarrying Cement industries Mountains Mines and mineral resources
- PC1010
- Parley's Creek - 1200 South 1100 East
- Image shows some Parley's Creek runoff near 1200 South and 1100 East.
- Rivers Water Farm buildings
- RBC001
- Gate, Red Butte Canyon Rd.
- Beyond this gate is the Red Butte Canyon reservoir built in 1930 as the water supply for Fort Douglas. In 1968 it was designated a Research Natural Area & it is no longer accessible to the public.
- Gate; signage; canyon
- RBC002
- Red Butte Creek nature trail
- This nature trail crosses Red Butte Creek off the south edge of Red Butte Creek Rd.
- Canyon; bridge; recreational use
- RBC003
- Red Butte Garden
- Red Butte Garden looking east up Red Butte Canyon.
- Canyon; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC004
- Red Butte Garden
- The pond with its water pavilion is a major attraction in Red Butte Garden
- Canyon; pond; architecture; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC005
- Red Butte Garden
- Known as ""Edna's Waterfall Garden"" this feature in Red Butte Garden is located at the west end of the pond.
- Canyon; pond; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC006
- Red Butte Creek
- Red Butte Creek separates the University of Utah campus and the University's Research Park. Here the creek flows behind a hotel in the park on Wakara Way.
- Valley
- RBC007
- Sunnyside Park
- The bridge spans Red Butte Creek on the northeast corner of Sunnyside Park.
- Valley; bridge; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC008
- Headgate on Red Butte Creek
- The headgate is located on the north side of Sunnyside Ave. prior to Red Butte Creek flowing under the street and entering a series of subdivisions.
- Valley; headgate
- RBC009
- Miller Park
- Minnie Miller, for whom the park was named, donated part of the land for the park in 1935
- Valley; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC010
- Miller Park Sign
- In 1998 the Utah Society, Daughters of the American Revolution placed this sign in Miller Park in honor of Minnie Miller.
- Valley; signage; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC011
- Miller Park
- Red Butte Creek flows southwesterly through early 20th century suburban neighborhoods of Salt Lake City's East Bench.
- Valley; recreational use; public landscaping; architecture
- RBC012
- Miller Park
- The fine stone masonry of Miller Park, including this bridge, was completed in the late 1930s.
- Valley; bridge; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC013
- Bonneville Glen Park
- Bonneville Glen Park, maintained by the Bonneville L. D. S. Stake abuts Miller Park and is a continuation of the park setting surrounding Red Butte Creek as it flows southwesterly.
- Valley; recreational use; public landscaping
- RBC014
- Bonneville Glen Park
- This waterfall, situated in Bonneville Glen Park, was created by a drop structure.
- Valley; drop structure
- RBC015
- Garden Park L. D. S. Ward
- Red Butte Creek flows behind the Garden Park L. D. S. Ward and is a popular setting for wedding photographers.
- Valley; bridge; recreational use
- RBC016
- Oil Spill Remediation
- Workers are adjusting booms placed in Red Butte Creek to catch oil from a spill upstream.
- Valley; environmental degradation
- RBC017
- Red Butte Creek in a residential backyard
- Red Butte Creek flows westward through a backyard of a residence on Harvard Ave.
- Valley; residential landscaping
- RBC018
- Red Butte Creek
- Red Butte Creek channelized on the west side of 1100 E just before it flows underground to the Jordan River.
- Channelization; revetment
- TCC001
- Ribbon falls
- Tolcats Creek Canyon is one of the steepest drainages in the Wasatch Front. The precipitous gradient can create dramatic, ribbon-like waterfalls that can dry up in late summer and autumn.
- Canyon
- TCC002
- Creek in cleft
- While water generally flows in Tolcats Creek year-round, sometimes it seems to shyly hide in clefts between boulders.
- Canyon
- TD001
- 6200 South headgate
- The headgate for Tanner Ditch (top) diverts water from Big Cottonwood Creek at 6200 South just west of Holladay Boulevard.
- Valley; drop structure; headgate; irrigation; pipe
- TD002
- Residential landscaping
- With imagination and money for landscaping irrigation ditches can be turned into residential amenities, like on the grounds of this estate in Holladay.
- Valley; irrigation; residential landscaping
- TD003
- Tanner Ditch
- Once water is diverted out of a creek for irrigation, it supplies a byzantine array of ditches whose sizes reflect the number of downstream users and the volume of their water rights. Tanner Ditch is on the right.
- Valley; drop structure; headgate; irrigation
- TD004
- Canal/ditch crossover
- Sometimes, irrigation systems need to be kept separate. Here, Tanner Ditch crosses over the East Jordan Canal in a flume called the Center Fork Overpass.
- Valley; irrigation
- TD005
- Canal/ditch crossover in fall
- After the irrigation season has ended, ditches fill in with leaves, like here at the Center Fork Overpass, where Tanner Ditch crosses over the East Jordan Canal. Ditches need to be cleared of debris in the early spring before the irrigation season...
- Valley; irrigation
- TD006
- Tanner Ditch at Fort Union Boulevard
- Tanner Ditch intersects the East Jordan Canal at Fort Union Boulevard near Union Park Centre in Cottonwood Heights.
- Valley; headgate; irrigation
- UC001
- Old Mill Corp Center/Utah Lake exchange
- The Cottonwood Corporate Center is an important node in the valley irrigation system. Water from Utah Lake enters the concrete-lined canal system in mid-July in front of Old Mill Center II (center left) where it mixes with water from Big...
- Valley; architecture; channelization; commercial landscaping; ditch; drop structure; irrigation
- UC002
- 2000 East Convergence
- Storm water (left), Mill Creek (center) and the Upper Canal (right) converge. The Upper Canal becomes increasingly smaller as it moves north and fulfills remaining irrigation water rights contracts.
- Valley; irrigation; residential landscaping; signage
- UC003
- Old Mill Golf Course
- Old Mill Golf Course is the first rights holder to draw water from the Upper Canal, which runs north between the golf course and I-215. It uses the water for its irrigation ponds.
- Valley; irrigation; recreational use
- UC1000
- University of Utah Hydrology Lab - Upper Canal and Veins
- Image shows a few students studying the canals near the University of Utah campus.
- Men in popular culture Students College students Universities and colleges Canals
- WC001
- Draper Park
- The feathery willow gives its name to two creeks along the Wasatch Front. Willow Creek, which flows through Draper Park, maintains its name, since it doesnt merge into another stream. But it never quite reaches the Jordan River, its bed subsumed...
- Valley; architecture; recreational use
- ZZ1000
- Irrigation Methods
- Image shows a man pumping water from an irrigation system.
- Irrigation projects Irrigation Pumping machinery
- ZZ1001
- Irrigation—Canals P.9
- Irrigation headgate. Taken about 1945. Gift of Arthur L. Crawford.
- Irrigation
- ZZ1002
- Water Wagon with Motor and Pump
- Image shows an Intermountain Electric Company water wagon.
- Water Wagons Horse-drawn vehicles City and town life Electric utilities Pumping machinery
- ZZ1003
- Construction Site - Canyon
- Image shows a man pumping water from an irrigation system.
- Irrigation projects Irrigation Pumping machinery
- ZZ1004
- Water Wagons on State Street
- Image shows a parade of water wagons headed north on State Street. Part of the Salt Lake City Library can be seen at the left of the image.
- Water Wagons Horse-drawn vehicles Horses Parades City and town life
- ZZ1005
- 900 South Canal - Pipe Outlet
- Image shows a bridge crossing over a canal along 900 South. Several men are working with shovels on one side of the road, to dam the canal.
- Aqueducts Canals Canal construction Dams Bridges, Wooden Antique and classic cars Automobiles
- ZZ1006
- McKean's Pump Boat
- Image shows three men running a water-pumping boat from some type of reservoir or river.
- Boats and boating Men in popular culture Pumping machinery