Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-24 | Page 8 | Gates of Dam Held Useless

GATES OF DAM HELD USELESS Flood gates at nt the Fort Douglas d dam In Red Butte canyon virtually are arc useless and cannot be opened without difficulty it was disclosed Friday with a request for a aV W V P A project to replace the Ironwork Gus P P. P Backman chamber of commerce secretary made the re request request request re- re quest and was informed by Darrell J J. J Greenwell state W V P A director that plans and specifications would have to be submitted by the fort While Major Allender Swift acting acting acting act act- ing commandant of the fort denied dented the dam was vas endangered It was reported difficulty is anticipated if It the gates have to be opened There is no necessity at present to open the gates Major Swift said raid It was reported the gates made of cast Iron had become pitted and rusted The dam an earth fill was built bunt in 1929 by the Utah Construction Construction Construction tion company Recently it was WM reported a serious seri serf ous crack had developed In the dam Major Swift said the crack was in concrete curbing lining the roadway road over the dam and in no noway noway noway way endangered the reservoir which holds water water- for dom domestic tic and Irrigation use the at-the at the post