Engineering plan for a proposed reservoir in Salt Lake City. Note the anomalous contour spacing under the arrow. This indicates that the hillside has slid in the past. Construction of a reservoir here would inundate the toe of an ancient landslide and destroy the balance and stability of the weak landslide mass.

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Title Engineering plan for a proposed reservoir in Salt Lake City. Note the anomalous contour spacing under the arrow. This indicates that the hillside has slid in the past. Construction of a reservoir here would inundate the toe of an ancient landslide and destroy the balance and stability of the weak landslide mass.
Photo Number p1274n025
Keywords Disasters; Natural disasters
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P1274 Environmental Geology and Geologic Hazards in Utah Photograph Collection
Collection Name Environmental Geology in Utah
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s69z9vms
Setname uum_map
ID 976948
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69z9vms
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