Mountain Dell Reservoir
The Mountain Dell Dam provides a water equalizing and storage reservoir for Salt Lake City, Utah located east of the city in northeastern Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County, near Interstate 80 in Parley's Canyon. Designed by John S. Eastwood, and constructed between 1914 and 1925, the dam is an example of a mixed buttress dam and multiple arch dam construction. At the time the plans were made, the city was in need of a sufficient supply of water, especially during late summer and the middle of winter. With the completion of the dam, the city had an available storage capacity of , and distributing or equalizing capacity of compared to previously. The dam was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Mountain Dell Dam is listed as in "poor" condition and is under repair. Design Plans were made for three types of dam: * Arched solid dam, gravity type * Reinforced concrete dam of the Nils F. Ambursen, Ambursen type * Multiple arch reinforced concre ...
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