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The Utah State Historical Society has a large collection of digitized photos related to sewers. Their gateway web page gives access to several collections. Try searching the City Engineers Photographic Collection, Civilian Conservation Corps Collection, and the Shipler Commercial Photograph Collection for keywords such as "sewer" and ":manhole." |
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Salt Lake City sewerage map, 1909. Source: L. H. Krebs, "The Sewerage System of Salt Lake City," Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, Volume 42, No. 4 (April 1909), insert between pp. 230-231. |
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Gravity outfall sewer from Salt Lake City to sewer farms.
Pipe made of wood stave pipe assembled in the trench. 1908.
Source: Utah State Historical Society, Photo no. C-601 #1651. Used with permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
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Wood stave gravity sewer pipe, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa
1908. Assembled in the trench.
Source: Utah State Historical Society, Photo no. C-601 #1652. Used with permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
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Gravity outfall sewer, concrete invert up to spring line,
multiple-layer brick arch forms the crown. Wood false work holds up brick
arch during construction. Utah, 1908.
Source: Utah State Historical Society, Photo no. C-601 #1678. Used with permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
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Steam-powered Buckeye Traction Ditcher, 1909.
Source: Utah State Historical Society, Photo no. C-601 #1694/5. Used with permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
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Outfall sewer construction with steam shovel, Utah, 1915-1916.
Source: Utah State Historical Society, Photo no. C-601 #1716. Used with permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
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Gravity outfall sewer, concrete invert up to spring line, multiple-layer brick arch forms the crown. Wood falsework holds up brick arch during construction. Utah, date unknown. Source: Utah State Historical Society, Photo no. C-601 #1670. Used with permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
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Distribution of sewage from gravity outfall sewer via open
trenches and irrigation ditches at "sewer farm". Sewage was
conveyed from downtown Salt Lake City to sewer farms several miles northwest
of the city for reuse and disposal. Sewage was distributed to crop areas
by open conveyance systems.
Source: Utah State Historical Society, Photo no. C-601 #1604. Used with permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
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