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Show OUR BIG CANAL What an Exchange Says or the Bear River Canal. The greatest canal in Utah is the Bear ltiver Canal which commences com-mences near CollinHton, Box Elder County. It is 150 miles long, extending ex-tending on both sides of Bear River. Much of the canal is blasted out of solid rock. For a long distance the lower side is constructed con-structed of so'.id masonry and along its length are many deep cuts, the deepest being ninety-six leet. There are six tunnels through the rock, the shortest fifty-seven feet, the longest 597 feet. j When completed it will furnish water for 200,000 acres of land. ' It is a stupendous all'air. and cost millions of dollars. It will be ! the means of furnishing land and I homes for thousands of families. |