Plaque for the Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal in Sugar House, September 2016

The Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal is a 28-mile (45 km) historic waterway in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.[1][2]

Description

It was first envisioned in 1849 and construction began in 1855.[3] Initially conceived as a way to transport granite blocks from a quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon to the construction site of the future Salt Lake Temple (a railroad spur from the canyon to the temple grounds was completed before this could become a reality), the canal evolved into a typical irrigation waterway.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal
  2. 1 2 Hooton, LeRoy W. Jr. (17 Sep 1993). "An AWWA National Landmark: The Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal". slcgov.com. Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Jordan & Salt Lake City Canal Marker". hmdb.org. Historical Marker Database. 28 Jun 2007. Retrieved 23 Dec 2018.

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