The Red Butte Dam (Salt Lake County, Utah) Photograph Collection, n.d.

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 320
Creator:
Title:Red Butte Dam (Salt Lake County, Utah) Photograph Collection, n.d.
Quantity:2 fds.
Abstract: Photographs of the dam's construction.

Topics:
Dams -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
Hydraulic structures -- Photographs.

Places:
Salt Lake County (Utah).

Form or Genre:
Photoprints.
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Background

Background Note

No information available.
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Scope and Content

Photographs of the dam's construction.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Red Butte Dam (Salt Lake County, Utah) Photograph Collection, n.d., Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Howard C. Price.

Restrictions on Use

The Red Butte Dam (Salt Lake County, Utah) Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1989 (RLIN ID: UTSX89-A1204).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

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Container list

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Folder

Contents

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Construction scenes
1. Tile drain on back slope of dam [3 copies]
2. Upstream borrow pit [2 copies]
3-5. Construction progress after one month
6. The first load [2 copies]
7. Stripping [2 copies]
8. Ready for the first load [2 copies]
9. First stage [2 copies]
10. CQM Office [2 copies]
11. Ground breaking ceremony [4 copies]

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Construction scenes (cont.)
1. Tunnel construction [3 copies]
2. South side panorama, temporary pipeline [2 copies]
3. Borrow pit #2 [2 copies]
4. Early stage methods used [2 copies]
5. Construction progress [2 copies]
6. Rea (Ray) standing in snow [2 copies]
7. Construction progress [2 copies]
8. Panorama--south side of canyon [2 copies]
9. Construction progress, temporary pipeline [2 copies]
10. Cutoff trench [2 copies]
11. Filling creek bed [2 copies]
12. Finishing cut-off trench [2 copies]