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Show Appendix A CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT PROPOSED FEATURES, 1947 DAMS (8) POWER PLANTS (4) Bluff, 315 feet. Bridge Canyon Coconino, 205 feet. McDowell Bridge Canyon, 673 feet. Horseshoe McDowell, 126 feet. Buttes Horseshoe, 185 feet. Buttes, 217 feet. canals Charleston, 158 feet McDowell, 4 miles Hooker, 222 feet. Safford Valley PU MPING PLANTS (2) S°Uth 48 "^ u oQ*f n-ft North 23 miles. Havasu, 985 feet lift. McDowell, 88 feet lift. aqueducts (3) siphons Granite Reef, 241 miles. Granite Reef, six. Salt-Gila, 74 miles. Salt-Gila, two. Tucson, 70 miles. Also: Diversion dams, pump systems, reservoirs, irrigation dis- tribution systems, drainage systems, tunnels and power trans- mission sytems. Original estimated construction cost, $738,408,000 [based on 1947 prices by Bureau of Reclamation]. Cost does not include necessary upstream dams and other works, without which Bridge Canyon Dam would be useless as a power producer in 25 to 30 years. Cost of these upstream works variously estimated between $350,000,000 and $450,- 000,000. |