Utah and Salt Lake Canal

The Utah and Salt Lake Canal is an historic waterway in Salt Lake County, Utah. It was financed wholly by Salt Lake County, and construction lasted from 1872[1] to 1881. It was built "with only basic tools and contracted manual labor."[2] The settlement that became present-day Riverton, Utah was limited to the Jordan River bottoms until this canal was constructed.

References

  1. ↑ "An AWWA National Landmark:The Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal" (PDF). Intermountain Section of the American Water Works Association. September 17, 1993. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Riverton". Utah History Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 15, 2012.

Coordinates: 40°26′35″N 111°55′23″W / 40.44306°N 111.92306°W / 40.44306; -111.92306

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