Salem Irrigation and Canal Company tables of irrigation statistics and maps
Content Description
Contains tables showing irrigation statistics and maps regarding the canal in Salem, Utah. Dates range 1929-1935, creators unidentified.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1935
Creator
- Salem Irrigation and Canal Company (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Salem Irrigation and Canal Company tables of irrigation statistics and maps collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Administrative History
The Salem Irrigation and Canal Company (est. 1878) is an irrigation company in Utah.
In 1865 the citizens of Salem, Utah, decided to follow the example of the people of Spanish Fork who had earlier organized an irrigation company to take water out of the Spanish Fork River. They wanted to increase the agricultural capability of the area east of the existing Salem pond, which, due to the natural slope of the land, had been impossible to irrigate. Lyman Curtis and two of his brothers made a survey for the canal from the Spanish Fork River to the Payson hill in the fall of 1865. Preparatory work was done that fall, but the actual construction required the three years from 1866 through 1869. Water for irrigation was turned into the canal in the summer of 1869.
In 1878 the company incorporated under the name of "Salem Irrigation Canal Company" and issued 2208 shares of water stock. In 1954 there were 315 stockholders. Management of the company is the responsibility of the Board of Directors, with other subordinate officers as appointed by the board. The Salem Irrigation and Canal Company is currently located in Salem, Utah.
Extent
1 oversize folder (0.3 linear ft)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
Collection development policy for 20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts - Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and relgious history.
Processing Information
Processed; Carol Allred, student processor; October 2015
- Title
- Register of Salem Irrigation and Canal Company tables of irrigation statistics and maps
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Carol Allred, student processor
- Date
- 2015 October 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States