Twin Lakes Canal Company Photograph Collection, 1917-1990
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Scope and Content:

The Twin Lakes Canal Company photograph collection consists of 216 color slides and 43 photographs showing canals, watercourses and reservoirs, canal building and maintanence, pipeline maintanence, and construction projects from 1917 to the 1990s.

Historical Note:

The Twin Lakes Canal Company was started in February of 1901 by a group of Poverty Flat farmers in southeast Idaho. In 1902 they organized the Oneida Canal Company Limited, which later became the Oneida Irrigation District. In 1920 another reorganization occurred creating the Twin Lakes Canal Company (which is still in operation). The canal covers thirty miles from Mink Creek across northern Cache Valley. It irrigates 13,000 acres near the towns of Weston, Clifton, Dayton, and Linrose in Franklin County, Idaho. Alfalfa is the main crop grown, but other grains, pasture and (until 1981) sugar beets have also been important. The Company has experienced its share of financial problems over the years. This has led to deteriorating equipment and irrigation works. Concerns of washout, drought, and adverse environmental impact have also remained a constant. Yet the canal is truly an oasis necessary for the livelihoods of many farmers and residents of the dry west side of Cache Valley, helping the region remain a strong agricultural center for the state of Idaho.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by the Twin Lakes Canal Company, based in Preston, Idaho in 1994.

Researcher Note:

For more information about the Twin Lakes Canal Company please see the manuscript collection, MSS 203. Digital copies for most of these images are available in the Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection.

Nitrate negatives have been removed from this collection and placed in Cold Storage Box 4. Patrons must request to view these negatives 3 hours in advance. Register completed by Ryan Lee, June, 2002.

Inventory:

Box 1.

Folder 1. Panoramic Photographs
1:01:01. Looking downstream at Upper Dam site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:05.
1:01:02. Looking up at Upper Dam site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:06.
1:01:03. Looking upstream at Upper Dam site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:10.
1:01:04. Looking upstream, Battle Creek Reservoir, From “O” Base Signal, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:09.
1:01:05. Looking downstream at Upper Dam site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:01.
1:01:06. Looking up at Upper Dam Site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:02.
1:01:07. Looking downstream at Upper Dam site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:08.
1:01:08. Looking downstream at Upper Dam site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:07.
1:01:09. Battle Creek Reservoir Site, Looking upstream from “O” Base Signal, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:04.
1:01:10. Looking upstream at Upper Dam site, Battle Creek Reservoir, Oct. 10, 1917, duplicate of 1:01:03.

Folder 2. Photographs from the 1940's and 1950's
1:02:01. Desert hillside of brush and rocks with a man standing below a rock ridge.
1:02:02. Cement irrigation station in a grassy field with farms and mountains in the background, ca. 1943. (2 copies).
1:02:03. Man bending over with a long tool working in a field with an irrigation duct that was dug out of the ground, ca. 1943.
1:02:04. Man working in a field with an irrigation duct that was dug out of the ground, ca. 1943.
1:02:05. Trees covered with ice.
1:02:06. Trees covered with ice next to leaky irrigation pipe.
1:02:07. Dried riverbed and a bridge with workers plowing a road above.
1:02:08. Eroded hillside next to a riverbed with a small stream. Tractor on a road above.
1:02:09. Open valley with a river running through it and two small buildings in the middle, with mountains in the background.
1:02:10. Large shrubbery with a substance hanging from the bottom branches.
1:02:11. Horses in a Twin Lakes canal with water backed up by a tunnel which is narrow and above grade.
1:02:12. Twin Lakes Canal tunnel half-full with water.
1:02:13. Three men in a boat burning brush along the banks of the canal.
1:02:14. Line of fence posts next to canal. Inscription on back of photo: W. Lat. Above H. G. 13 Cloud burst. ca. 1950.
1:02:15. Five men and four horses at a bridge over the canal; the horses are harnessed to chains that are in the water. ca. 1950.
1:02:16. View of the north end of Cache Valley with men and horses in the center. ca. 1950.
1:02:17. Two men sticking poles into the canal. Inscription on back of photo: By H.G. 13, W. Lat. ca. 1950.
1:02:18. View of north end of Cache Valley with a large muddy field in the foreground and a tractor on its edge. Inscription on back of photo: W. Lat. ca. 1950. Cloudburst, Lower end of Atkinson Creek.
1:02:19. View of north end of Cache Valley with a dirt road in the foreground.
1:02:20. Negative of pipeline across Bear River with ice hanging below bridge (probably a nitrate negative).

Folder 3. Color Snaps

1:03:01. Irrigation pipe extending across the Bear River on a bridge and running up a hillside.
1:03:02. Canal water and muddy bottom. Duplicate of color slide 1:04:88.
1:03:03. Six fence posts running perpendicular to the canal, one straddling the canal, with railroad tracks in the background. Duplicate of color slide1:04:84.
1:03:04. Twin Lakes Canal lined with telephone poles on left side. Duplicate of color slide 1:04:83.
1:03:05. View of canal bottom covered with aquatic plants. Duplicate of color slide 1:04:87.
1:03:06. Canal at bridge crossing; railroad and cornfield in the background. Duplicate of color slide 1:04:90.
1:03:07. Eroded banks of the canal. Duplicate of color slide 1:04:81.
1:03:08. Canal being straddled by a fence post. Duplicate of color slide 1:04:82.
1:03:09. Wooden bridge over canal with large electric contraption on top, leading to doorstep of a building. Duplicate of color slide 1:04:89.
1:03:10. Large pile of grass or dried shrubbery (tumbleweed?), June 1989.
1:03:11. Pile of dried shrubbery (tumbleweed?) against a barbed-wire fence, June 1989.
1:03:12. Twin Lakes Canal running through grassy fields, June 1989.
1:03:13. Canal at a bend next to a field with a large wheeled sprinkler system, June 1989.
1:03:14. View of bridge over canal that is filled with ice(?), March 1990.

Folder 4. Color Slides, 1974-1977 (216 total)
1:04:01. Large pipe going up a dirt hill, October 1974.
1:04:02. Six large pipes in a dirt field, October 1974.
1:04:03. View from top of a hill of a canal drainage pipe, going toward the canal?, river? below, same area as 1:04: 48, October 1974.
1:04:04. View from above of a pipe going down hill toward canal?, October 1974.
1:04:05. View of pipe going down hill with trucks and tractors at the bottom of the hill, similar view to 1:04:17 and 1:04:23, October 1974.
1:04:06. Two men among brush examining an opening in a pipe, October 1974.
1:04:07. Four men pushing a pipe, similar to 1:04:29, October 1974.
1:04:08. Two men standing on a hill next to a pipe, one man facing downhill, the other facing uphill, October 1974.
1:04:09. Man standing on a hill next to two sections of pipe, October 1974.
1:04:10. Five sections of eroded pipes, October 1974.
1:04:11. Two pipes on a hill with several men trying to remove debris from atop the pipes, October 1974.
1:04:12. Two men sitting on a pipe with an empty tractor in the foreground, while one man operates a tractor on the other side, October 1974.
1:04:13. Two men looking at a section of a pipe in brush, October 1974.
1:04:14. Three men working on a pipe, one man crouching on top, another standing with a tool in hand, while the other uses a chain saw to cut open the pipe, October 1974.
1:04:15. View from above of three men on a hillside looking at the pipe that is going down the hill, October 1974.
1:04:16. Opening of an old tunnel, probably once used for canal pipe, October 1974.
1:04:17. View is the same as 1:04:05, but large pipe is now missing, similar view to 1:04:23, October 1974.
1:04:18. Man standing next to large pipe and one man sticking his head out a hole in the pipe, October 1974.
1:04:19. Yellow vehicle atop a dirt pile on a hillside, October 1974.
1:04:20. Sign next to a dug-out section of canal, reads “Danger, Private Property, No Trespassing, Keep Out,” October, 1974.
1:04:21. Man welding on the inside of a large pipe, similar to 1:04:26, October 1974.
1:04:22. Man standing in front of an opening of a pipe, October 1974.
1:04:23. View from atop a hill of trucks and pipes next to a river, similar view to 1:04:05 and 1:04:17, October 1974.
1:04:24. Pipe hidden behind brush on a hillside, October 1974.
1:04:25. Section of canal next to a tunnel with scaffolding erected on its walls, October 1974.
1:04:26. Man welding on the inside of a large pipe, similar to 1:04:21, October 1974.
1:04:27. Three men inside section of canal with scaffolding, two standing, one riding a tractor-like vehicle along canal floor, October 1974.
1:04:28. Men funneling cement into a wheel barrel in canal, October 1974.
1:04:29. Four men pushing a large pipe, similar to 1:04:07, October 1974.
1:04:30. Man standing on a hillside looking at pipe, October 1974.
1:04:31. Man cutting into a pipe with a chainsaw, October 1974.
1:04:32. Several Men working on dismantling an old, eroded section of pipe, similar to 1:04:33, October 1974.
1:04:33. Several men working on dismantling an old, eroded section of pipe, similar to 1:04:32, October 1974.
1:04:34. Two men standing on old, eroded section of pipe, with newer pipe and more men surrounding a tractor in the background, October 1974.
1:04:35. Man operating a tractor to push old pipe while two men look on from behind, October 1974.
1:04:36. View of pipe from the bottom of the hill, a small section of the pipe covered in dirt, October 1974.
1:04:37. Section of canal winding along base of a hill, December 1974, similar to 1:04:42, 1:04:68, 1:04:72.
1:04:38. Large metal pipe on a hillside, similar to 1:04:60, December 1974.
1:04:39. Pipe on bridge crossing the canal, December 1974.
1:04:40. Canal gates near a rocky river bed, December 1974.
1:04:41. Man standing next to a large pipe on a hillside, holding a wooden beam; better reproduction of same image in 1:04:58, December 1974.
1:04:42. Section of canal winding along base of a hill, December 1974, similar to 1:04:37, 1:04:68, 1:04:72.
1:04:43. Dirt road winding along side the canal, December 1974, similar to 1:04:66.
1:04:44. Hillside covered in brush with some structures behind trees, December 1974.
1:04:45. Dirt hillside with the canal and dirt road cutting through the top, December 1974.
1:04:46. Canal cutting through a rocky ridge, December 1974.
1:04:47. Canal with cement walls on its left and a rocky ridge on its right, December 1974.
1:04:48. Man standing atop canal drainage pipe, same place as 1:04:03, December 1974.
1:04:49. Man standing atop canal drainage pipe, looking into pipe, same man and place as 1:04:03, December 1974.
1:04:50. Aerial view of pipe crossing a river and going toward valley, December 1974.
1:04:51. Distant view of pipe going down a hill and across the valley, dirt road in foreground, December 1974.
1:04:52. Section of canal with cement walls, December 1974.
1:04:53. Canal waterfall, December 1974, similar to 1:04:78 but darker image.
1:04:54. Canal tunnel, December 1974, similar to 1:04:75.
1:04:55. Chain-link fence surrounding canal tunnel area, December 1974, similar to 1:04:76.
1:04:56. Long metal pipe heading across the valley toward mountains, December 1974.
1:04:57. River flowing among brush, December 1974.
1:04:58. Man standing next to a large pipe on a hillside, holding a wooden beam, same image as 1:04:41, December 1974.
1:04:59. River with small cataracts, December 1974.
1:04:60. Large rusty pipe, similar to 1:04:38, December 1974.
1:04:61. Pipe going downhill and crossing a river on a bridge, December 1974.
1:04:62. Cracked cement walls of canal, December 1974, same angle as 1:04:62.
1:04:63. Cracked cement walls of canal, December 1974.
1:04:64. Man standing in canal bed with cracked walls, December 1974.
1:04:65. Bridge going across a river, December 1974.
1:04:66. Dirt road winding along side the canal, December 1974, similar to 1:04:43.
1:04:67. Two men standing next to a cement wall, December 1974.
1:04:68. Section of canal winding along base of a hill, similar to 1:04:37, 1:04:42, 1:04:72 December 1974.
1:04:69. Cracked cement walls of canal, December 1974, same angle as 1:04:69.
1:04:70. Canal tunnel opening surrounded by a chain-link fence, December 1974.
1:04:71. Cement wall with a cracked piece, December 1974.
1:04:72. Section of canal winding along base of a hill, similar to 1:04:37, 1:04:42, 1:04:68 December 1974.
1:04:73. Dried canal bed with fence post straddling its banks, December 1974.
1:04:74. Dried canal bed and bank, December 1974.
1:04:75. Canal tunnel, December 1974, similar to 1:04:54.
1:04:76. Chain-link fence surrounding canal tunnel area, December 1974, similar to 1:04:55.
1:04:77. Road winding along hillside next to cement wall, December 1974.
1:04:78. Canal waterfall, December 1974, similar to 1:04:53 but lighter image.
1:04:79. Eroded, cracked canal bed with a white truck atop the banks, December 1974.
1:04:80. Stream winding through small canyon, December 1974.
1:04:81. Eroded banks of the canal, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:07.
1:04:82. Canal being straddled by a fence post, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:08.
1:04:83. Twin Lakes Canal lined with telephone poles on left side, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:04.
1:04:84. Six fence posts running perpendicular to the canal, one straddling the canal, with railroad tracks in the background, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:03.
1:04:85. Canal lock with two planks straddling canal, Jan. 1975.
1:04:86. Aquatic vegetation on bed of canal, similar to 1:04:87, Jan. 1975.
1:04:87. View of canal bottom covered with aquatic plants, similar to 1:04:86, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:05.
1:04:88. Canal water and muddy bottom, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:02.
1:04:89. Wooden bridge over canal with large electric contraption on top, leading to doorstep of a building, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:09.
1:04:90. Canal at bridge crossing; railroad and cornfield in the background, Jan. 1975. Duplicate of color print 1:03:06.
1:04:91. Canal tunnel, October 1975.
1:04:92. View of mountains and hills with a dirt road in the foreground, October 1975.
1:04:93. Man welding on the outside of a pipe, October 1975.
1:04:94. View of a long section of pipe running along a dirt road with pipes on a hill in the background, October 1975.
1:04:95. Back of a truck with a gas tank on a trailer, October 1975.
1:04:96. Tumbleweed inside a long pipe, October 1975, c. 1.
1:04:97. Tumbleweed inside a long pipe, October 1975, c. 2.
1:04:98. Cracked wall on the inside of a tunnel, October 1975.
1:04:99. Man welding on the outside of a pipe, October 1975.
1:04:100. Man with a welding mask on, looking down into a dried canal bed and tunnel, October 1975.
1:04:101. Pipe next to a dirt road, October 1975, similar to 1:04:102.
1:04:102. Pipe next to a dirt road, October 1975, similar to 1:04:101.
1:04:103. Man inspecting a broken piece of wood plank, maybe on the inside of a tunnel made of wood, October 1975. Same image as 1:04:110.
1:04:104. View from inside of a tunnel, looking out, with one long wooden beam along the floor, October 1975.
1:04:105. Cracked floor of a tunnel, October 1975, similar to 1:04:115.
1:04:106. Young boy playing outside a pipe tunnel, October 1975.
1:04:107. Pipe next to a dirt road (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:108. Man walking out of a tunnel (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:109. Two men leaning against a large pipe (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:110. Man inspecting a broken piece of wood plank, maybe on the inside of a tunnel made of wood, October 1975. Same image as 1:04:103.
1:04:111. Large pipe (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:112. Man?, Boy? sticking his head out of the side of a large metal pipe (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:113. Two men inspecting a small hole in the side of a large metal pipe (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:114. Man painting(?) the bottom of a large metal pipe (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:115. Cracked floor of a tunnel, October 1975, similar to 1:04:105.
1:04:116. Snow bank on the side of a dried canal bed, October 1975.
1:04:117. Separated section of pipe (extremely light exposure), October 1975.
1:04:118. Pipe going down a hillside, half brown, half metallic silver, January 1976.
1:04:119. Two men painting a pipe metallic silver, January 1976.
1:04:120. Man (in welding uniform), his wife, and three children, standing next to a large pipe, January 1976.
1:04:121. Pipe going along a dirt path, with a truck and electric generator? on the left, January 1976..
1:04:122. River running next to a rocky ridge, January 1976.
1:04:123. Muddy dirt road along a mountain ridge, January 1976.
1:04:124. Muddy dirt road along a mountain ridge, January 1976.
1:04:125. Bulldozer tracks in mud, January 1976.
1:04:126. Bulldozers making dirt road, January 1976.
1:04:127. Eroded hillside, January 1976, similar to 1:04:128, 136.
1:04:128. Eroded hillside, January 1976, similar to 1:04:127, 136.
1:04:129. Two men in a truck spraying weeds on a hillside, same image as 1:04:138, January 1976.
1:04:130. Canal running along a grassy hillside, January 1976.
1:04:131. Canal running through grassy fields with snow-covered mountains in the background, January 1976.
1:04:132. Three men bending over to look down at canal from atop a bridge, January 1976.
1:04:133. Large pile of racks and dirt next to river?, canal?, January 1976.
1:04:134. Canal drainage gate next to river, January 1976.
1:04:135. Canal running along snow-covered hills (dark exposure), January 1976.
1:04:136. Eroded hillside, January 1976, similar to 1:04:127, 128.
1:04:137. Eroded river bank(?), January 1976.
1:04:138. Two men in a truck spraying weeds on a hillside, same image as 1:04:129, January 1976.
1:04:139. Eroded hillside, January 1976.
1:04:140. Metallic silver painted pipe among brush on a hillside, January 1976.
1:04:141. Blue truck parked next to a river, various tools and misc. items lay nearby, January 1976.
1:04:142. Dirt road with bulldozer tracks, January 1976.
1:04:143. Old, rusty pipe being repaired on a hillside, January 1976
1:04:144. Canal at a bend, a truck parked on the bank, May 1976.
1:04:145. Mud with a white measuring instrument stuck in it, May 1976.
1:04:146. Mud clods, May 1976.
1:04:147. Crane scooping mud out of canal, May 1976.
1:04:148. Man standing on banks of canal, May 1976.
1:04:149. Dried canal bed with eroding banks, May 1976.
1:04:150. A wide body of water (reservoir?, canal?), May 1976.
1:04:151. Dried section of canal, May 1976.
1:04:152. Section of pipe in a field, May 1976.
1:04:153. Two sections of pipe, parallel, man working inside section on the right, May 1976.
1:04:154. Two sections of pipe next to make-shift tracks made of wooden ties, May 1976.
1:04:155. Canal running next to a grassy ridge, May 1976.
1:04:156. Crane scooping debris from canal, May 1976.
1:04:157. Dried river (?), canal(?) bed, May 1976.
1:04:158. Pile of mud, May 1976.
1:04:159. Man observing banks of canal, May 1976.
1:04:160. Dried river (?), canal(?) bed, May 1976.
1:04:161. Joint of an old metal pipe, May 1976.
1:04:162. Canal running next to a slightly eroded grassy ridge, May 1976.
1:04:163. Canal at a bend with four objects protruding from the surface, July 1976.
1:04:164. Canal water pump, July 1976.
1:04:165. Canal water with a large white substance being pumped into the water by hose, similar to 1:04:216, July 1976.
1:04:166. Bulldozer tracks through a hillside of sagebrush, July 1976.
1:04:167. Narrow, eroded canyon with a natural arch, same area as 1:04:172, but a closer view, July 1976.
1:04:168. Canal gate area enclosed by a fence, July 1976.
1:04:169. Man squatting next to a canal water pump, July 1976.
1:04:170. Aquatic plants laid next to a tape measure, July 1976.
1:04:171. Narrow, eroded canyon with a natural arch, same area as 1:04:167, but from a distance, July 1976.
1:04:172. Grassy banks of canal, July 1976.
1:04:173. Grassy banks of canal tire tracks running along the left bank, July 1976.
1:04:174. Tire tracks running along canal bank, July 1976.
1:04:175. Man plowing through mud in a bulldozer while two men look on from atop a ridge, same view as 1:04:179, July 1976.
1:04:176. Man standing on muddy banks of canal, July 1976.
1:04:177. View of grassy debris in canal water, July 1976.
1:04:178. Two men atop an eroded ridge with tractor in bottom right corner, same place as 1:04:175, :179, July 1976.
1:04:179. Man plowing through mud in a bulldozer while two men look on from atop a ridge, same view as 1:04:175, July 1976.
1:04:180. Canal running along side a grassy field with a tractor at its bend in the distance, July 1976.
1:04:181. Four people and a dog atop an eroded ridge, July 1976.
1:04:182. Canal next to eroded dirt hillside, August 1976.
1:04:183. Canal running through the valley with one plowed bank, August 1976.
1:04:184. Image of canal water and some flowers with an iron tool (gate handle?) protruding from it, August 1976, same image as 1:04:187.
1:04:185. Canal running towards mountains with a truck in the distance, August 1976.
1:04:186. Canal with dense growth of weeds and plants along its banks, August 1976.
1:04:187. Image of canal water and some flowers with an iron tool (gate handle?) protruding from it, August 1976, same image as 1:04:184.
1:04:188. Man in the back of a truck cutting open a barrel, which is next to a machine similar to a water pump, with an axe-like tool, August 1976.
1:04:189. Dirt trail, similar to a furrow, through a grassy field, August 1976.
1:04:190. Muddy dirt road through a grassy field, August 1976.
1:04:191. Canal running through an eroded, muddy canyon, August 1976.
1:04:192. Hillside of grass and brush with a metal gate and fence in the foreground, August 1976.
1:04:193. Grassy hillside, August 1976.
1:04:194. Shallow area of canal, August 1976.
1:04:195. Canal running toward mountain plateau with freshly plowed edges, August 1976.
1:04:196. Canal at an “S” curve, same image as 1:04:199, August 1976.
1:04:197. Narrow stretch of canal with grassy edges and a pole (shovel?) stuck in its banks, August 1976.
1:04:198. Canal’s edges being plowed by a tractor, August 1976.
1:04:199. Canal at an “S” curve, same image as 1:04:196, August 1976.
1:04:200. Canal running through a canyon, frozen over with ice, January 1977.
1:04:201. Canal frozen over, January 1977.
1:04:202. Canal frozen over, January 1977.
1:04:203. Canal running through a valley, covered with a thin layer of ice, January 1977.
1:04:204. Canal near sunset covered with pieces of ice, running toward red rock mountains, same image as 1:04:205, January 1977.
1:04:205. Canal near sunset covered with pieces of ice, running toward red rock mountains, same image as 1:04:204, January 1977.
1:04:206. Bend of canal with thin ice sheets floating on top, January 1977.
1:04:207. Canal covered with a thin layer of ice, January 1977.
1:04:208. Backhoe scooping debris out of canal, January 1977.
1:04:209. Canal clogged with debris at a gate, same part of canal as 1:04:208, January 1977.
1:04:210. Man standing in dried, cracked bed of canal, same angle as 1:04:212, :214, January 1977.
1:04:211. Man standing in dried canal bed, handling a broken part of the canal, January 1977.
1:04:212. Dried up canal showing cracked, eroded canal bed, same image as 1:04:214, January 1977.
1:04:213. Canal with aquatic plants shown on its bed, January 1977.
1:04:214. Dried up canal showing cracked, eroded canal bed, same image as 1:04:212, January 1977.
1:04:215. Canal beginning to be covered with a white substance, January 1977.
1:04:216. Canal running under a wooden bridge with a large white substance in the water, similar to 1:04:165, January 1977.