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Show 6 awarded to Six Companies, Inc., a contract for the construction of Parker Dam, the structure referred to in this affidavit and in the bill of complaint in this action. Said contract was let pursuant to specifications No. 574 of the Bureau of Reclamation, and was thereafter duly executed and is now in force. On September 10, 1934, the contractor, Six Companies, Inc., was directed to proceed with the work, and construction was commenced. Parker Dam, as described in said specifications 574, is to be a concrete and steel structure located in the Colorado River about 13 miles above the Town of Parker, Arizona, and about 150 miles below the dam referred to in the bill of complaint as Boulder Dam. The construction of Parker Dam requires building-of coffer dams, excavation of the river bed of the Colorado River to a depth of about 240 feet in order to establish the foundation on bed rock, and the excavation of diversion tunnels in Arizona at approximately the low-water level of the river. The river at that point is about 400 feet wide. The successful completion of this work requires complete control of the flow of the Colorado River. The period of construction of subwater works at Parker Dam, and the diversion tunnels, is accordingly determined by the period required for filling of Boulder Dam. After construction work had been initiated at Parker Dam, and while said dam was actually under construction, the State of Arizona, acting- |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |