Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-29 | Page 32 | Echo Reservoir Important Utah Water Project

0 RESERVOIR IMPORTANT UTAH WATER PROJECT Three Million Dollar p Dam m Will WiIl Irrigate e Huge Area rea in ri State Stat Ono One of or th the huge Irrigation rr gat on Ich schemes ch nies mes in Utah now on the Ule r compIe completion on IB Js th the Echo ho r reservoir which will cost around three million dollars when completed A miniature mini minia ture Jake will wIlI lie bO and water will wUl be ho Impounded which will care rore 1900 acres of or land It is one of ot the the big big Irrigation plants in the state which the government has hai fathered and like all all- U plants which axe are under government nt control it is ls being constructed constructed con con- to last In time the plant will wUl be turned over to the water users In the tho section where whore the plant plantis is bel being g constructed Two hundred men were employed up to the freezIng freezing freez freez- reez- reez I ing weather The he plant Is Ss located in n the tho northeast north north- east corner of ot th state stat and a more than two years ears ago ground was for the tho construction of ot what wha is js known as the Echo dam and reservoir Since the day that thIs first of ot dirt wa was wao turned over over- there thero has lias la f been n no letup and andas andas as as the curtain ahls on on this last day of ot 1920 92 devel development has hns so far tar proceeded proceeded pro pro- that that- visitors can get some sonic comprehension of ot what has been the scope of or the tho work COOPERATIVE PROJECT The project Is the outcome of a contract with the tho farmers of the Weber River Water rater Users' Users association association association tion and the government o of ot the thE- United d States State the association In In- InCluding in including a number of canal c com companies cOrn m panle private ato land owners on the Weber river and its its its' tributary streams to build a great dam damand and andi i reservoir between the towns of at Coat Coalville and nd Echo Utah That contract Is' Is being carried out The magnitude of this public work Inns has Just begun to be realized This reservoir is to tp- tp store acre feet of or water which will Irrigate or flood an area covering 1900 acres aCles under water one foot in depth Two roadways s had to be removed onea one a railroad the other a public highway Both have been removed and sand land which had to be purchased purchased pur pur- chased Has been bought FEET HIGH When completed this dam i- i will have a height of or 12 feet teet above the stream bed and feet above bedrock bedrock bed bed- rock a i crest length of ot 1887 1881 feet teet a s- crest width at tho the top top- of or twenty twenty six sIc feet teet and a 30 b bottom thickness of ot feet To To complete completo tJ this s reservoir Clr will wUl require In all cubic yards of at earth fill flU material cubic yards arils rock Frock fill CUi cubic yards of ot and cubic yards ards of concrete te In addition pounds of ot reinforcing steel and about pounds of ot metal work An outlet tunnel fe fe fe-et t In length to regulate till water er for Ir irrigation was driven through the rock on the west westside side of ot the site which Is lined with a twelve-Inch twelve thickness of concrete Le It is through this tunnel that the entire flow ilow of the Weber river passed during the period perio of construction Two lines of seventy seventy- two Inch riveted steel pipe in this tunnel carry the tho water to two needle valve outlets which are arc five feet in diameter and through this water can be bEl discharged up to a 3 maximum of or 2000 cubic feet per second Records kept of or the tine flow low of oC the Weber river fl show its maximum h flow How to bo be second feet reet and to take care caro of ora a recurrence of oC a a. greater flood an an aJ overflow type hope ot oC way spillway has been provided Ilo with a capacity of ot second feet feel This Title spillway is 18 a safety saroh valve for the operation ot or tho the reservoir MODERN MACHINERY In tho con construction ot of this reservoir reservoir res res- er the Ule work is being done as assaid assaid Jl said ald with modern machinery Steam shovels tear d down wn the mountain as 35 also electric shovels a fleet of oC motor mo no notor tor trucks has be been n requisitioned caterpillar tractors are aro In use In the building of oC this great rca res- an army of or has been used The Tho contractor be before before before be- be fore any wor work on the the reservoir reservoir wis was done i as was as required to construct buildings to 10 care for tor housing the and arrange a n. mess hall hail 50 so 59 that the could have havethe havethe the comforts and conveniences that tha the they would have at home borne lome and provide pro Pro- vide a mod modern rp kitchen to prepare the food rood served in the mess hall haJJ This requires th tine the services of oC a chief a-chief chef two assistant cooks and numerous other kitchen help This done work on the dam darn was b begun