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Utah and Salt Lake Canal

Coordinates: 40°26′35″N 111°55′23″W / 40.44306°N 111.92306°W / 40.44306; -111.92306
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The Utah and Salt Lake Canal is an historic waterway in Salt Lake County, Utah. It was financed wholly by Salt Lake County, and construction lasted from 1872[1] to 1881. It was built "with only basic tools and contracted manual labor."[2] The settlement that became present-day Riverton, Utah was limited to the Jordan River bottoms until this canal was constructed.

References

  1. ^ "An AWWA National Landmark:The Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal" (PDF). Intermountain Section of the American Water Works Association. September 17, 1993. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "Riverton". Utah History Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 15, 2012.

40°26′35″N 111°55′23″W / 40.44306°N 111.92306°W / 40.44306; -111.92306

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