Water System

The First Settlers of Richmond located themselves between Robinson Spring and City Creek to receive clean, refreshing water to drink from and farm near.  The very first water system that the settlers of Richmond used to get fresh water to their town was redirecting Cheery Creek into Fort Richmond, splitting it into two canals for horses to drink from. The creeks continued to be used for many years, but in an undocumented time, they were dug in.

In a Richmond City Council meeting held on October 5, 1898, the first record for laying pipes for in the streets of the city. (Source)

I secured the information of all the irrigation companies in Cache Valley for Professor Fortier and wrote it up. He incorporated it in a bulletin at the Experiment Station. While I was water master in connection with T.H. Humphrey, we measured all the springs in the irrigation, getting the flow of each; also surveyed for a canal from Lower High Creek intake to the power plant on Muddy River. Also while I was water master, built six large cement bridges over the canal, seven hold up cement head gates in High Creek, two in Cherry Creek, on number three, and one in City Creek, on number four canal. I started the cement flume up Cherry Creek. While I was water superintendent for the City in connection with Bert Erickson, we built the cement intake and spring boxes in Birch Creek at the head of the main pipe line for the City; also later installed the 8 inch pipe out to the road.  Source