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Water and Water Rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Photolog and photographs

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6506 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains biographical information, release forms, logs, notes, and other materials gathered by the Tradition Runs Through It fieldschool. Materials date from 2004.

Dates: 2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6506, Tradition Runs Through It records / Tradition Runs Through It records on residents of Provo Canyon / Tradition Runs Through It records on Bob Stewart

Provo Canyon water development and Provo cemetery photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235222756]
Identifier: MSS 8454
Scope and Contents This collection contains six photographs of Provo Canyon showing water development on the Provo River and two photographs of the Provo cemetery. One photograph shows the wooden flume and penstock constructed to carry water to the Nunn hydroelectric power plant and later the Olmsted power plant both located in Provo Canyon. Another photograph shows a wooden and rock diversion dam on the Provo River. The two photographs of the cemetery show headstones but the writing on the stones is not...
Dates: approximately 1897-1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Provo Canyon water development and Provo cemetery photographs

Report on the Great Salt Lake Diking Project

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236249]
Identifier: MSS SC 246
Abstract

Typewritten engineering report prepared for the Research Corporation of New York concerning the diking of the Great Salt Lake east of Antelope Island to create a fresh water embayment of particular use to Salt Lake City. Typescript was received by the Utah governor's office in January 1934.

Dates: 1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Report on the Great Salt Lake Diking Project

John H. Rosengren stereographs

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3074
Scope and Contents note

Collection consists of twenty-three stereographs of Provo, Utah, and the surrounding areas taken by John H. Rosengren between 1880 and 1910.

Dates: 1880-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John H. Rosengren stereographs

Salem Irrigation and Canal Company tables of irrigation statistics and maps

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232593720]
Identifier: MSS 8530
Content Description

Contains tables showing irrigation statistics and maps regarding the canal in Salem, Utah. Dates range 1929-1935, creators unidentified.

Dates: 1929-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salem Irrigation and Canal Company tables of irrigation statistics and maps

Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District notebooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1834
Abstract

Bound handwritten notebooks containing information about the wells, water levels, and water availability for Salt Lake City, Utah between 1934 to 1935.

Dates: 1934-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District notebooks

Thomas Jackson Schofield papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491206]
Identifier: MSS 665
Abstract

Photocopy of a handwritten diary and patriarchal blessings, with a typescript of the items, detailing Thomas Jackson Schofield's life as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas Jackson Schofield writes about his conversion in England and about his farming life in Nephi, Utah from 1859 to 1860.

Dates: 1859-1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Jackson Schofield papers

Delfzijl sluice and dyke laws

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290169]
Identifier: Vault MSS 470
Scope and Contents

Laws and ordinances relating to sluice and dyke administration in Delfszijl, Netherlands, probably written in the eighteenth century. The laws are concerned with the local dykes and the three sluice gates under the administration of the town.

Dates: 1700-1799
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Delfzijl sluice and dyke laws

Netherlands sluice and dyke laws

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290938]
Identifier: Vault MSS 472
Scope and Contents

Laws, ordinances, and resolutions relating to sluice and dyke administration in the Netherlands, probably written sometime during the sixteenth century. The laws are concerned with the maintenance of the dykes and sluices on the local level.

Dates: 1500-1599
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Netherlands sluice and dyke laws

Erastus Fairbanks Snow agreements

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8985
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two agreements signed by Erastus Snow related to water rights in St. George, Utah. The first agreement, between Snow and Z.C. Rio Virgen Manufacturing Company, is dated January 10, 1888. The second document is a certificate of confirmation of agreement signed by the Clerk of the Water Commissioners Court of Washington County, UT and dated June 6th, 1888.

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Erastus Fairbanks Snow agreements

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