Floods

File — Box: 1, Folder: 17

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Photograph number 249: The day after the flood. Dozer moving material in creek just below bridge at superintendent residence. This material was 5 ft. deep in the channel. August 4, 1951 Photo by Tom Walker. Floods No.1
Photograph number 250: The day after the flood. The mouth of Swinging Bridge stream where it empties into the American Fork River. Border marks water & mud level during the flood. August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.2
Photograph number 251: Arrow indicates old channel, now filled with rock and logs. New channel cut at extreme left. Clump of maple in center was stripped of all leaves and bark. August 3, 1951 Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.3
Photograph number 252: The day after the flood. Spill way for Swinging Bridge water to pass over Utah Power & Light Co. pipe. Pipe was all covered with dirt and rock at this point, even in the spillway. August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.4
Photograph number 253: The day after the flood. Swinging Bridge Canyon. This fir tree is barked about 4 ft. above the man's head, Limbs were knocked off the tree 5 ft. above that. The stick he is holding indicates hight water mark and the bottom of the present channel is 3.5 ft. below where his is tanding. Note large pile of debris piled in center of picture in old channel. New Cannel is to the left. August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.6
Photograph number 254: The day after the flood. Swinging Bridge Canyon. This is a new channel the flood cut just below our intake. August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.7
Photograph number 255: The day after the flood. Swinging Bridge Canyon. Looking up thru ledges at our intake-water line of flood marked by ink. A dense growth of willow, cottonwood, box elder, and fir has been swept away. August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.8
Photograph number 256: The day after the flood. Swinging Bridge Canyon looking down thru ledges at intake. A grove of cottonwood and box edler were swept away here. August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.9
Photograph number 257: The day after the flood. Swinging Bridge Canyon. Halfway between spring area and intake, there was a thick growth of willow and cottonwood teees. Here the channel is now about 6 ft. lower. August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.10
Photograph number 258: The day after the flood. Looking up through spring area in Swinging Bridge Canyon. The channel has been lowered from 4 to 6 ft., August 4, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.11
Photograph number 259: After flood. Thomas A. Walker looking down thru spring area. Mud on fir limbs that lost all bark and needles is about 20 ft. above the present channel. Channel was lowered 6 ft. here. From here to the head of the canyon there are similar gullies where the canyon is narrow and where it is wider. It has filled in the channel and spread out thousands of yards of material that it washed out of the steep part of this canyon, where the cloud burst hit. It will cost at least $225. August 2, 1951, Photo by Thomas A. Walker. Floods No.12
Photograph number 260: Water line crossing flood path. The line was covered about 4 ft. and had a double row of rocks for a spillway. Only two of the rocks remain. About 200 ft. of water line was uncovered. Swinging Bridge Canyon. August 3, 1951. Floods No.13
Photograph number 261: Flooding on Dry Creek near Alpine. Soil conservation service photo. Date unknown. Floods No.14
Photograph number 262: Grove Creek flood reservoir. Cracks along the Wasatch Fault. Soil conservation photo. 1962. Note: slide rule to show scale. Floods No.15

Dates

1921-1966

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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