Newton Reservoir
Located three and one half miles north
of this marker the first storage reservoir
in Utah was begun in 1871 and completed in
enlarged form in 1885, after going out three
times. Length of dam, 127 feet, height 28 feet,
made of earth and rocks, cost $10,000.
Reservoir length 1 1/2 miles, capacity 1586
acre feet. Original building committee,
Bishop William F Rigby, Franklin W. Young,
Stephen Catt, Swen Jacobs and John
Jenkins. First caretakers and watermasters
John Griffin, A. P. Welshman and Jonas N. Beck.
