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Title page 3 Central Utah Project news report, 1966 November, page 3
Coverage Electronic reproduction;
Format 3 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; construction in 1967 is scheduled to include facilities shown in red see story UPPER stillwater strawberry RESERVOIR AQUEDUCT vr A ROCK CREEK CURRANT bcreek screek CREEK RES DUCHESN duchesneiver EIVER ulver ulyer ner WER WATER rooseveff rrooseveft Roose veff HOLLOW TUNNEL KNIGHT starvation DIVERSION cmrantcreek CONDUIT 1 DAM starvation RESERVOIR SOLDIER ICREEK DAM nam phah Duah phak duehesne duahesne puchewe esme esne PUCHESNE RIVER RVATION starvation aam OAM VAM ENLARGED strawberry RIVER strawberry RESERVOIR weber basin 34 3.4 34 million for construction upper colorado river project appropriations include 14 million for the san juan chama project in new mexico and colorado 14 million for the curecanti Cure canti dam in western colorado 22 2.2 22 million for additional work on glen canyon dam 4.1 41 million for power transmission lines in utah and arizona 38 3.8 38 million for recreation and wildlife facilities in connection with the upper colorado developments DUCHESNE TOWN MOVES AHEAD construction on the government housing facility for personnel who will work on uintah basin segments of the central utah project is moving ahead rapidly the site leveling has been completed streets and sewer lines have been installed and foundations installed for mobile homes the town within a town is located in the southwest part of the community of duchesne it will consist of about 100 mobile homes twenty of the homes have been set up and many ofthe odthe of the bureau employees and their families have moved in to date forty of the homes will be set up by the end of november the town will continue to be expanded as needed construction of this government town is a project which appeared virtually killed by lack of funds last spring when bids for the town were opened in march the low bid was 106093 approximately 32000 less than the engineers estimate however the bureau of reclamation did not have sufficient money to award the contract the central utah water conservancy district in its desire and determined effort to see this project move forward and to proceed with a favorable bid salvaged the contract by advancing to the bureau of reclamation 40000 to cover the estimated earnings of the contractor during the remainder of the fiscal year As a result the development is moving ahead on schedule PROJECT PAMPHLET AVAILABLE A pamphlet explaining in brief the major features of the bonneville unit of the central utah project has been prepared and is available to interested citizens from the central utah water conservancy district P 0 box 1405 provo utah included in the pamphlet is a map of the unit WHY IS starvation FIRST ON construction LIST LISP first of the major segments to be constructed
Identifier http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1909

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