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Register of the Melville Irrigation Company Records,

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Collection Overview

Collection Inventory+/-

Biographical Note/Historical Note

Content Description

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Administrative Information

Collection Overview +/-

Title: Melville Irrigation Company Records
Dates: 1906-1958 (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 39
Summary: Irrigation company in Delta, Utah. Business records, minutes of stockholder meetings, board of directors minutes. Also includes legal papers and a compilation of facts pertaining to the early history of the company, 1908-1913.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

Collection Inventory +/-

Box Folder Contents
box , folder : Business Records
box 1, folder 1 : 1906-1907
box 1, folder 2 : 1907-1911
box 1, folder 3 : 1911-1914
box 1, folder 4 : 1915-1916
box 1, folder 5 : 1917-1922
box 1, folder 6 : 1922-1926
box 1, folder 7 : 1926-1930
box 1, folder 8 : 1931-1933
box 1, folder 9 : 1934-1936
box 1, folder 10 : 1936-1938
box 1, folder 11 : 1938-1942
box 1, folder 12 : 1943-1947
box 1, folder 13 : 1947-1950
box 1, folder 14 : 1950-1953
box 1, folder 15 : 1953-1956
box 1, folder 16 : 1957-1958

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

The Melville Irrigation Company of Millard County, Utah was established on 24 Mar 1906 and incorporated on August 13th of that year. The purpose of the company was to purchase part of the Sevier Bridge Dam and Reservoir which was begun by the Deseret Irrigation Company in 1902. The Melville portion would be used to irrigate land between Oasis and Leamington. The company's office was in Melville, which later became Delta, Utah.

Along with the cooperation of three other companies, the Sevier Bridge Dam, commonly known as Yuba Dam, was completed in 1909 and expanded in 1916. The Melville Irrigation Company controlled some forty miles of canals which irrigated ten thousand acres of land. In addition, the company maintained the culverts in Delta from 1918 to 1932 when the village assumed that task, and helped build a major bridge in Delta in 1936.

Content Description +/-

The Melville Irrigation Company Collection consists of the business papers, minutes of the stockholders' meetings and minutes of the meetings of the board of directors. The records run from 1906 to 1958. The collection also includes legal papers and a compilation of facts pertaining to the early history of the company from 1908 to 1913. The records are all photocopies of the originals and have been arranged chronologically.

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Restrictions on Access

Administrative Information +/-

Creator:

Melville Irrigation Company (Utah).

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.