Show 1 l ENORMOUS DAM i IS 15 DEDICATED f t IN CALIFORNIA r Don Pedro Project Near Modesto Costing Coating 3 3 Will Aid in Irrigating Irrigating gating Large Tracts r j t r MODESTO ODESTO Cal Juno June Jun 26 Don S.-Don Don Pedro dro dam ona ana of at the highest Im- Im i f Pounding dams In the tho world erected a At Ata I t a cos cost v of ot on tho the Tuolumne river near here was dedicated d today The dam w was s by the Modesto odesto and Turlock V Irrigation vr districts primarily for irtel Ir- Ir tel 1 U n. n but largo amounts ot of elsei elec- elec 1 i eh en fg will be generated by Us Its Impounded waters r As Aa compared with the Roosevelt m Don Pedro looms big Wg The Jim dam Is feet long PAred d with a length of ot 1040 feet 4 c or the Don Pedro redro dam V In tho the great reservoir back of the ram aUn are acre acre fe feet t of ot water i pr e res reservoir resen Is fourteen miles long W four ur and a a. halt half miles wide It foyers 9 tiers ers five square miles or 01 f tor T tho width at the top of at the dam dami i ifs k r 16 feet and at the thA base fe feet t. t w e a structure contains cu- cu Wo to yards ardA of concrete The maxim maxi maxi- f. f i m capacity of ot the tha power house Is OO horsepower |