Little Cottonwood Creek Bridge - Granite UT
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA), in conjunction with Salt Lake County, constructed this elegant, three-arch stone bridge across Little Cottonwood Creek at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The stone is undoubtedly taken from the famous Temple Quarry, which is just a few hundred yards up the creek.
The site has a plaque on a boulder (see photo)
The WPA also contributed to building the road up Little Cottonwood Canyon to Alta Ski Resort, where WPA teams worked on the ski area in its earliest days.
On the downstream side of the bridge is a diversion canal for either irrigation or urban water supply — probably part of the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake.
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Little Cottonwood Creek Bridge - Granite UT
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Little Cottonwood Creek Bridge - Granite UT
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Little Cottonwood Creek Bridge - Granite UT
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Little Cottonwood Creek Bridge - Granite UT
Source notes
Plaque at bridge site (see photo)
WPA work order in National Archives (see photo)
Project originally submitted by Joan Greer on July 18, 2019.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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