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Show 127 1957 Works begins almost immediately on Flaming Gorge Dam. Dutch John Flat is selected as site for trailer city which houses construction workers for Flaming Gorge Dam. 1962 1963 1964 1965 The Vernal Unit of the Central Utah Project is completed. Flows out of Ashley Creek are diverted at Fort Thornburgh Dam through three- mile long Steinaker Canal for storage in Steinaker Reservoir. Municipal water is furnished to Vernal, Naples and Maeser. Electric power generators at Flaming Gorge are put into operation. Flaming Gorge Dam and the lake, which covers the town of Linwood, is dedicated. Northern Ute Bands receive $ 13 million in claims awards. 1965 1968 Some 14,500 acres in Brown's Park are made a Federal Wildlife Refuge. About 1,500 acres there are set aside by the state as the Brown's Park Waterfowl Management Area. The Uintah Unit of* the C. U. P. is authorized for cons truct ion. 1968 1977 1978 An airstrip is built at Dutch John. Construction begins on Jensen Unit of C. U. P. Tyzak Reservoir on Big Brush Creek is to be major feature. Construction begins on Upalco Unit of C. U. P. to provide irrigation water along Lake Fork River. |
