On Thursday, June 23, 1983, 5 to 7 billion gallons of water collapsed the strained DMAD Reservoir spillway and began a slow but relentless journey down the last leg of the Sevier River. Shown here are the flumes which carried the main water canal across the Seveir River to the 30,000 acres of farmland in the Sutherland, Abraham, and Sugarville areas;
Place Names
Delta (Utah); Millard County (Utah);
Creator
Beckwith, Jane;
Publisher
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date-Original
1983-06-23
Resource Type
Image
Format.Use
image/jpeg
Format.Creation
image/tiff
Source
Delta Flood 1983
Language
eng
Relation
Jane Beckwith collection
Coverage
JPEG: 800 x 600
Rights Management
digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved