Little Cottonwood Creek Sluice Gate - Murray, Utah - Historic Hand Operated Sluice Gates on Waymarking.com

Along the Little Cottonwood creek there is a sluice gate to divert the water into an irrigation canal. This sluice gate is at the south end of Historic Wheeler Farm along the property line. The creek is fed by melting snow and rain showers from Little Cottonwood Canyon and runs across the Salt Lake Valley into the Jordan River. The water in the canyon is used for drinking water and as it gets in the valley it is used for irrigation.

Name of Waterway.: Little Cottonwood Creek Roughly when was the Waterway created?: 30 to 40 years ago Is this waterway working?: Working What is the condition of the sluice gate?: Excellent working order What is/was the water used for?: Irrigation

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