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Show ness interests for the construction of motels, cafes, grocery and dry good stores, lumber yards, filling stations and numerous other establishments necessary in a busy, thriving community. Total contracts awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation for the Glen Canyon Storage Unit now amounts to $125,000,000. 2. Flaming Gorge Storage Unit The Flaming Gorge Dam and Reservoir will be located on the Green River in northeastern Utah, 40 miles north of Vernal, Utah, and 32 miles downstream from the Utah-Wyoming state line. The dam will be a concrete thin-arch structure rising 445 feet above the river. The reservoir will have a capacity of 3,930,000 acre-feet and will extend upstream 94 miles, nearly to the town of Green River, Wyoming. The power plant will have an installed generating capacity of 108,000 kilowatts. Construction Activities During 1958 excellent progress was made on the work covered by the contracts awarded in 1957 for the construction of highways, streets, utilities and residences for the Flaming Gorge community. In May, 1958 the project construction engineer moved his headquarters from Vernal to the new damsite community called Dutch John, Utah. Office space has been located in a temporary warehouse until the Administration Building can be completed. Fifteen to twenty permanent residences have been built. The remainder of the Bureau of Reclamation personnel at Dutch John are housed in trailers or temporary houses. On June 18, 1958 the contract for the construction of Flaming Gorge Dam and power plant was awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation. The prime contractor moved on to the job immediately. A field office was established in that portion of the Dutch John community assigned to the contractor and his key personnel were transferred to the site during July. The preparation of the first eight miles of the previously constructed temporary access road for bituminous surface treatment and the location of the access road between Dutch John and the right abutement of the dam and power plant were the first items of construction undertaken. Work on the diversion tunnel has commenced. The contractor has awarded his subcontracts for constructing residences, dormitories, mess halls, water distribution and sewage disposal facilities in his portion of the townsite. A temporary hospital has been established with a resident physician in attendance. The construction schedule anticipates completion of the diversion tunnel, spillway tunnel and control cable tunnel by mid-summer 1959. Closure of the coffer dam and the diversion of the Green River through the diversion tunnel will be accomplished by September, 1959. 30 |
