Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-09 | Page 7 | Doing Fast Work in Snake Creek Tunnel |

Type	issue
Date	1914-03-09
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Doing Fast Work in Snake Creek Tunnel
Type	article
Date	1914-03-09
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	7
OCR Text	Show DOING FAST WORK IN SNAKE CREEK TUNNEL In spile of the heaviest flow of water yet fncountcred, tiie big Snake Creek tunnel in the. Park City district made an advance of 275 feet In the month of February. "When the heaviest flow was struck it entered the tunnel from tho top, bottom and sides under prcssuro at the rate of 6500 callon3 a minute. The flow ban now settled down to an apparently appar-ently normal flow, about 5500 gallons a minute, coming mostly from tho bottom of the tunnol at various points. The face of the tunnel Is now In com-pnra com-pnra lively dry CTOuud, which is firm and requires no timbering, and twelve to fourteen four-teen feet a day Is being made with two shifts. The tunnel is now in 7000 feot from tho portal, which 1b on tho Provo river side. IU; tolul length when completed com-pleted will be 14,300 feet.
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