Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 5 Annual Report 1971, page 5 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 5 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; strawberry reservoir enlargement groundbreaking Ground breaking ceremonies were held july 10 1971 for the official start of the new soldier creek dam which will increase the capacity of strawberry reservoir four times speakers included U S senator frank E moss ellis L armstrong commissioner U S bureau of reclamation edward P cliff chief U S forest service and gordon harmston executive director division of natural resources both armstrong and cliff are native utahns utahna and have risen to head their respective agencies the ceremony culminated with a spectacular construction explosion 1 I lia ZIA V AN STAT E 0 U S B R C U W C D utaji BERRY RESERVOIR enlargement SOLDIER cheek CREEK chiek oah DAM dim photo courtesy USBR utah is site for tunnel research the bureau of reclamation is planning to conduct a 5 million research program in connection with the construction of the stillwater tunnel of the bonneville unit engineers geologists construction industries and equipment manufacturers will combine their knowledge skills and ingenuity to develop a rapid underground construction system at reduced costs such a system will benefit not only the bureau of reclamation and other government agencies but the construction industry and humanity as a whole the principal objectives of the proposed research program are to refine equipment and procedures for tunnel excavation waste removal and disposal supporting and lining and to develop more effective investigative methods research costs will be reduced by conducting the investigations in a tunnel that is to be built as a part of a reclamation project now under construction stillwater tunnel is the upstream tunnel of the strawberry aqueduct system and will extend from rock creek more than 8 miles to the north fork of duchesne river |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1627 |
