Reservoirs; Dams; Wheelbarrows; Conservation and restoration; Shovels;
DG-14 men working on 1 of 9 reservoirs to collect spring run-off for livestock use during the summer. Picks, shovels, and wheelbarrows are the main tools in use.
The Black Canyon Dam was constructed on the Payette in 1924 not as a storage facility, but to divert water into the Emmett and Black Canyon Canals, which vastly increased the irrigated acreage in Gem County and the Emmett Valley. This photograph...