FLAMING GORGE UNIT-COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT- UTAH-WYOMING. (18) Blasting operations

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Title FLAMING GORGE UNIT-COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT- UTAH-WYOMING. (18) Blasting operations
Photo Number P0540n05
Description Blast set off during construction of Flaming Gorge Dam
Creator Slote, F. B.
Date 1959-02-16
Textual Date February 16, 1959
Keywords Utah; Rivers and Lakes; Green River; Dams; Flaming Gorge; Construction
Subject Dams--Design and construction--Photographs; Dams--Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--Photographs; Blasting--Photographs; Flaming Gorge Dam (Utah)--Design and construction--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Flaming Gorge Dam (Utah); Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Daggett County (Utah)
Additional Information Ed Davis, powder man for Arch Dam Constructor set off a blast on the powerplant service road at Flaming Gorge Dam. Ed Davis finds that a safe place for firing the blast is in the bucket of a Northwest power shovel. Other equipment shown in picture is a Euclid dump truck.
Collection Number and Name P0540 Flaming Gorge Dam Photograph Collection
Collection Name Flaming Gorge Dam
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Original Source US Bureau of Reclamation
Donated By/Purchased From Transferred from US Bureau of Reclamation.
Rights This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. Credit must be given to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s64467kx
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 954780
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64467kx
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