| Title |
Dixie Project legislation, 1963-1964 |
| Description |
Papers, correspondence, news articles, and text of Congressional bills about the Dixie Project, southwestern Utah |
| Subject |
Dixie Project; Water-supply--Utah--Washington County; Water resources development--Utah--Washington County; Irrigation--Utah--Washington County;Water-supply--Utah--Iron County; Water-supply--Utah--Cedar City |
| Contributor |
Clyde, George Dewey, 1898-1972; Bingham, Jay R.; Beasley, D. Otis; Bennett, Wallace F. (Wallace Foster), 1898- ; Carter, Luther J. |
| Additional Information |
Includes: Newspaper articles on Dixie Project, 1963-1964; Copies of 1953 agreements on use of Kolob Reservoir water; Applications for diversion of Crystal Creek; Congressional Record text of House bill H.R. 3279 and Senate bills S. 26 (from 1961 by Frank Moss) and 655 (from 1963 by W.F. Bennett); Statements of support from Utah Gov. George D. Clyde; Jary R. Bingham (Director of Utah Water and Power Board), Senator Wallace F. Bennett and others; 88th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives report no. 1725, "Dixie Project, Utah, Report to accompany H.R. 3279" by D. Otis Beasley, Asst. Sec. of Interior; and final legislation, Pub. Law 88-565, approved Sept. 2, 1964, "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Dixie project, Utah, and for other purposes." Also includes article, "Grand Canyon: Colorado dams debated," by Luther J. Carter, fromScience vol. 152 (17 June 1966), p. 1600-1605 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Crystal Creek (Utah); Kolob Creek (Utah); Kolob Reservoir (Utah); Virgin River Basin; Santa Clara River (Utah); Washington County (Utah) |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn0823 bx 30 fd 8; ; John S. Boyden papers |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2009, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1953; 1961; 1963; 1964; 1966 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Text |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61835g2 |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1148037 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835g2 |
| Title |
Page 57 |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1148000 |
| OCR Text |
Show 2 1 Rreserveir to export for use in the Cedar City area after eom- 2 pletion of the Dixie project^ the furnishing of an irrigation 3 water supply to approximately twenty-one thousand acres 4 of land, the control of floods, the generation and sale of 5 electric energy, the conservation and development of fish 6 and wildlife resources, and the enhancement of recreation 7 opportunities, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 8 construct, operate, and maintain the Dixie project, Utah. 9 The project shall consist of the Virgin City Dam and Reser- 10 voir, tunnels, canals, siphons, pumping plants, and other H works necessary to serve irrigated and irrigable lands along 12 and adjacent to the Virgin River; a dam on the Santa Clara 13 River near Gunlock, Utah, and other works necessary to 14 serve irrigated and irrigable lands along and adjacent to 15 the Santa Clara River and on Ivins Beach; and hydroelectric 16 plants and transmission facilities at the Virgin City Dam and 1? at such other points as are desirable. The Dixie project shall 1^ be coordinated with the Cedar City water development pro- 19 gram which includes the diversion of the waters of Crystal 20 Creek into the Kolob Reservoir, and after completion of the 21 Dixie project said waters of Crystal Creek and of the nat- 22 ural watershed of said Kolob Reservoir shall be exported for 23 use of Cedar City and vicinity in accordance with an agree- 24 ment entered by Cedar City and Iron County, Utah, on the |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835g2/1148000 |
