Deer Creek Dam, Tailrace and Tailrace Regulating Gates, 252 feet/62 degrees from Hydroelectric Powerplant (HAER UT-93-B), Charleston

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The Deer Creek Dam continues as a key feature of the Provo River Project to maintain a supplemental water supply for agricultural and domestic use in Wasatch, Utah, and Salt Lake Counties. The Deer Creek Reservoir formed by the dam feeds the 42-mile-long Salt Lake Aqueduct and its Terminal Reservoir. The hydroelectric powerplant at the dam generates as much as kilowatts that is locally distributed.

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Constructed between and the Deer Creek Dam was constructed as the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Provo River Project, the largest water resource development project undertaken in Utah. It was the second largest earth fill dam constructed by Reclamation at the time, and Reclamation's first project intended to provide domestic water. The Provo River Project followed a precedent of 40 Federal reclamation projects that had been or were nearly completed by Its construction was during a significant period of accelerated American infrastructure development founded on technological investment intended to make the West a sustainable, viable, and profitable landscape.

For additional information regarding the construction of the Deer Creek Dam, refer to "Deer Creek Dam CCC Government Camp," HABS No. UT-137. Deer Creek Dam, Tailrace and Tailrace Regulating Gates HAER No. UT-93-D (page 2) Project Statement: This HAER project was undertaken by the Utah Department of Transportation in order to document the historic features of the dam prior to the realignment and improvement of U. S. Highway 189 in the area. Preparation for construction of the Deer Creek portion has been underway since the and the work is expected to begin in The field work, site plan, historical reports, and photographs were prepared by Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Montrose, Colorado. Jonathon C.

Horn served as the Principal Investigator, and Gianfranco Archimede conducted the fieldwork, historic research, large-format photography, and report preparation.

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Gianfranco Archimede, Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., April Deer Creek Dam, Tailrace and Tailrace Regulating Gates HAER No. UT-93-D (page 3) Water exiting the Deer Creek Powerplant flows into a riprap-lined canal structure called the tailrace. The tailrace is 260 feet long by 100 feet wide between the powerplant and the tailrace regulating gates. The tailrace was one of the first features constructed in conjunction with the outlet tunnel in to channel water exiting the outlet works back into the Provo River south of the damsite. Although Deer Creek Dam was constructed between and modifications and additions were made to the dam after its completion.

Following the completion of the Salt Lake Aqueduct and the Deer Creek Powerplant in the late the aqueduct's intake gate was situated at the bottom of the tailrace's northwest bank near the powerplant. The concrete tailrace regulation structure installed in contains three gates operated by cables on individual electric motors. The purpose of regulating the water level of the tailrace was to maintain the steady water pressure required to push water through the aqueduct inlet and down the gravity- fed pipeline. The original gates and structure are intact. 1 1 State of Utah Historic Site Form, Utah Office of Preservation, "Deer Creek Reservoir Dam Complex prepared by Michael R. Polk, Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants,