Mill Creek flood control project photos from about 1950 courtesy of the Walla Walla County Conservation District.

Aerial view of channel above Roosevelt Street bridge. Edison School lower right.

Mill Creek dam and gates

Diversion channel from Dam to Reservoir.

 

Mill Creek reservoir

 

Mill Creek. Five early scenes from Up to the Times Magazine.

Otis Street bridge built by George Harding, 1924

1910

Intake dam, 1918

1912

Bear treed at Russell's ranch, 1912

Opening day of fishing season at Mill Creek Reservoir and Jefferson Park pond, April 1962. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

Mill Creek Reservoir (now Bennington Lake)

Jefferson School beyond the pond

Opening day of fishing season at Mill Creek Reservoir (Bennington Lake), April 1954. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.