Deer Creek Dam, Chlorination Building, 278 feet/110 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, Chlorination Building HAER No. UT-93-F (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, Chlorination Building HAER No. UT-93-F (page 3) Although Deer Creek Dam was constructed between and modifications and additions were made to the dam after its completion. Construction of the chlorination building began in with the completion of the Salt Lake Aqueduct and was finished in 1 Its function was to chlorinate incoming water to prevent algae and bacterial growths in the system. The chlorination building is a 49 by 67-foot concrete block, flat roofed, 1Vz-story industrial structure oriented northeast to southwest.

Its irregular "S" shape is divided into several internal areas: a chlorine handling bay and valve works area, an office, a chlorine gas scrubber room, a bathroom, and an emergency generator room. The larger, square portion of the structure is the original portion, while the smaller portion was added at a later (unknown) date. The original equipment housed in the structure includes a venturi meter and chlorination injection and control mechanisms. Control equipment for operation of the aqueduct gate and reservoirs is also housed in the chlorination building, consisting of gate switches and reservoir level recorders. 2 Chlorination of water entering the aqueduct was discontinued around in favor of aeration.

3 Today a treatment chemical is added on-site to maintain the cleanliness of the aqueduct pipeline, the appurtenant holding tank and works of which are now underground adjacent to the inlet gates. The chlorination building is no longer used other than for its emergency electrical generator. 1 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Project History: Provo River Project- Utah, Deer Creek Division, Vol. XV, submitted by L. R. Dunkley, Project Engineer (Provo, UT: Bureau of Reclamation), p. 36. 2 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Final Construction Report: Salt Lake Aqueduct, Provo River Project, Utah, submitted by L. R. Dunkley, Project Engineer (Provo, UT: Bureau of Reclamation), p.

3 State of Utah Historic Site Form, Utah Office of Preservation, "Deer Creek Reservoir Dam Complex prepared by Michael R. Polk, Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants,