Last Chance Canal Tunnel & Bridge.

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Last Chance Canal Bridge

Concrete pony arch over Bear River {remains of old Bridge}, the canal now runs thru a steel truss on steel supports & lags, Concrete abutments. the canal exits the hand excavated basalt rock tunnel to the left to enter the bridge.

Photo taken by Jolly Goodfellow

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Description

The Bear River water was first diverted by Mormon settlers to develop an agriculture industry in Gem Valley. Features at the site include diversion dams, hand excavated basalt rock tunnels, flumes, pipelines, and ditches to move the water to the dry plain. Several previous attempts to capture the Bear River waters had failed. This became the settlers "last chance." The Last Chance Canal Company was started with 64 original stockholders--Gem Valley farmers who desperately needed the life-giving waters from the Bear River to grow their crops. Later, another dam was put in place 40 feet below the first, with money borrowed by these men, in spite of their limited resources.

Facts

Overview: Bridge over Bear Biver for Canal
Location: Grace, Caribou County, Idaho
History: Built 1899
Builder: - Last Chance Canal Co.
Design: Concrete pony arch with steel truss and supports
Also called: Last Chance Canal.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.60006, -111.70924 (decimal degrees)
42°36'00" N, 111°42'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 12/441816/4716647 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Grace
Inventory number: BH 55038 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 15, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
December 29, 2012: Added by Jolly Goodfellow