High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT
Summary
Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running water and create a manmade reservoir. The Twin Pots Reservoir produced a significant increase of irrigation water storage for the Farnsworth company and allowed the expansion of farming in the Mountain Farm area, served by the Farnsworth Canal. The reconstructed dam is an undistinguished, but representative, example of the relatively unsophisticated earth-fill dam technology found in the Uintah Mountains.
Survey number: HAER UT-42-M
Building/structure dates: 1931 Initial Construction
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dams
mountain home
high
high mountain dams
upalco
unit
upalco unit
twin
pots
twin pots dam
ashley
ashley national forest
miles
home
duchesne
duchesne county
national forest
utah
farnsworth canal and reservoir company
historic american engineering record
us bureau of indian affairs
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ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Farnsworth Canal & Reservoir Company
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Location
Mountain Home
,
40.39912, -110.38849
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html