Parley's Creek - Flood Damage

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Title Parley's Creek - Flood Damage
Collection Mss C 601; Salt Lake City Engineers Photograph Collection
Photo Number City Engineers #00283
Publisher Utah State Historical Society; Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Date of Photograph ca. 1910
Date 1910; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914
Subject Railroads; Railroad construction and maintenance; Flood damage; Floods; Flumes; Dams; Aqueducts; Electric conduits; Reservoirs; Canyons; Mountains
Corporate Name Patrick (P. J.) Moran Contractor, Inc.
Spatial Coverage Utah; Salt Lake County
Historic Place Name Parley's Canyon
Description Image shows a general view of some reconstruction work at the base of Parley's Canyon, to repair some severe flood damage. Men are working to rebuild the railroad tracks, as well as build a flume to bypass water in case of additional flooding.
Comment Patrick (P. J.) Moran was the contractor for this project.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2002 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Identifier 39222000713383
Source Format Glass Plate Negative
Source Size 10 inches x 8 inches
Source Physical Description Good condition.
Source Donors Harwood, Willard R.
Source Donation Date 1962
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Resolution TIFF: 800 ppi
Bit Depth 8-bit grayscale
Dimensions JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels
Scanning Device Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner
Scanned By Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s61z43kv
Setname dha_ce
ID 429220
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z43kv
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