Labels:text | font | black and white | monochrome OCR: LAST CHANCE CANAL DAM THIS IS THE DAM AND HEADWORKS OF THE LAST CHANCE CANAL CO. LO. THE MAKE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE IT WAS DESCRIPTIVE OF THEIR SITUATION:THEY HAD A DEADLINE TO MEET OR LOSE THEIR WATER RICHES.KNOWN AS THE LIFE-BLOOD OF THE YALLEY. THE LAST CHANCE CANAL CO. HAD ITS BEGINNING IN 1895. WITH ATTEMPTS TO BUILD WOODEN FLUMES, ONLY TO HAVE THEM DESTROYED BY HEAVY SHOWS. THOUGH THEY, SUFFERED HANY.HARDSHIPS. THE EARLY PIONEERS PERSERVERED AND WITH INGENUITY. WEREFINALLY ABLE TO LET WATER TO BOTH ORES, OF THE VALLEY IN 1902. IN 1917 A TUNNEL PAS EXCAVATED DOS A NEW CROSS-RIVER FLUME WANCONSTRUCTED. SUPPORTED BY A MASSIVE CONCRETE ARCH. THIS FLUNE VASSEPLACED BY AN ALL-STEEL FLUNE IH 1946. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM INTOGE'S THE LAST CHANCE DAM TUNNEL. FLUME. AND THE LAST CHANCE MAIN CANAL: WHICH FEEDS FIVE PRIMARY IRRIGATION CANALS.IT ALSO DELIVERS WATER TO THE LAST CHANCE HYDRO ELECTRIC CO. NOW OWNED BY UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO SEE TUNNEL 1/4 MILE SOUTH.
