Show The Power Plant The power plant of the government reclamation project Is situated about a mile from themouth of Spanish Fork canyon on the west side It occupies fully an acre There arc 250 hands employed divided into six squads each with its own boss these report to the civil engineer in charge About one and a half miles up the canyon there is a concrete dam 70 feet long and 36 feet high It is 15 feet thick at the base gradually tapering to 2 feet lit the apex The water from this dam flows in a ditch about 800 feet then for 800 feet through a tunnel then in the open ditch for about a mile then through another 800 foot tunnel thence in an open ditch to the power plant The canal has a COO foot graded fall The tunnels are 0 feet high by 8 feet in width and are thickly lined with concrete The top of the tunnels are concave It is expected that the plant will be completed In 2 months |