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Show IDewey Dewey Dam Construction Seen SeenI SeenAs SeenAs I As Early Postwar ProjectCost Project Proiect Cost Estimatedat Estimated at $41,000,000 41000000 $ , , , , Power Plant Would WouldGenerate WouldGenerate WouldGenerate Generate 75,000 75000 , Kilowatts , Lake 8 Miles Wide and and40 40 to 45 Miles Mlles Long Would be CreatedIn Created in CountyWashington County Washington Washmgton D C April Apnl 12Construchon 12-Construction 12 Construction 12 Construction -Construchon Construchon - of the 541 $41000 41000 $ 11 000 000 000Dewey 000Dewey 000Dewey Dewey dam on the Colorado river near \ Moab 1\Ioab 1 Ioab is contemplated by bythe bythe bythe the reclamation reclamahon bureau bureauis -is is 'is as ' - a part of its postwar program for Utah Utahthe Utahthe Utahthe the house irrigation Ifrlgahon and reclamition reclam'ihon reclamihon reclamation ' committee was toldThe toldThe told The dam would have an estimated eshmated generating generatmg capacity of of75 75000 75 000 kilowatts which could be used for development of nearby nearbym1.gneslUm nearbymagnesium nearbymagnesium m1.gneslUm m1gneslUm magnesium . fields of eastern UtahThe UtahThe Utah The reclamation reclamahon bureau said work on the dam could be begun begunin begunm m in 11 months and that construct construction Ion would require about 17 I Imonths months _ _ . _ iTronrns ImonthsThe monthsThe ' The construction constructlOn of the Dew Dewey Dewey ' ey dam has long been contem contemplated contemplated ' plated as an ultimate ulhmate part of the theColorado theColorado theColorado Colorado river development developmentplan developmentplan developmentplan plan The foregoing foregomg announce announcement announcement announcement ment by the reclamation reclamahon bureau bureauin bureaum m in Washington Washmgton that it will be beconstructed beconstructed beconstructed constructed as a postwar proJect projectleads leads to the belief that it will be beamong beaihong beamong among aihong the early projects au authorized authortzed ; thorlzed thorized with the conclusion concluslOn ofl of ofthe ofthe oflthe the warI warThe war warThe warThe I The dam will be located some distance somedistance to the south and west westof westof , hasbeen of Cisco No definite defmlte site has . been selected but surveys al already already I ready made are from one to five fivemiles fivemiles fivemiles miles down the Colorado river I from riverfrom the cable suspension bridge bridgecrOSSIng bridgecrossing bridgecrossing crOSSIng the river at Dewey on the onthe Cisco Castleton roadSuch road roadSuch I Such a dam and the conse cone conequent consequent ! quent water storage will make makevast makevast makevast vast changes m in Grand county as aswell aswell aswell well as in m the river valley to the theeast theeast east of the dam in m Utah and Col Colorado Colorado Colorado orado The removal of the lines linesof linesof lineslof linesl of Rubycanyon the D & R G W from Ruby canyon will be made necessary necessaryas as the present route of the rail railroad railroad railroad road will be deep under water Already waterAlready engineers engmeers for the therailroad therailroad therailroad completed railroad company have complet ed theihigher thehigher surve surveys ) s leading leadmg across thei the higher country north of the rlV rev rlVI rever nver er tothe The new route will start to I the west from Mack and will re reJom rejoin rejoin Jom join the present alignment some somemiles somemiles somemiles miles west of CISCOThe CiscoThe Cisco CiscoThe The Dewey dam will serve three servethree major purposes and is con development templated contemplated as the first develop : ment of major importance on the onthe upper Colorado It will have havea ' a offrom capacity for the storage of of million from four and a half to six mil lIon acre feet of usable water m in maddItIOn inaddition inaddition addItIOn million to the storage of a mil lIon and a half feet of silt much muchof muchof muchof of which is now piling pIlmg up agamst against upagainst upagamst Bo Boulder Bolilder lder damThe damThe dam The dam would make possIble possiblethe the production produchon of 75 000 kilo kilowatts kilowatts kilowatts 'of of much'of , ' watts of electrical energy much muchof muchof Utahto of which could be used in m Utah to replace power now being bemg pro I proI duced produced along the Bear river m in inturn mturn turn releasing releasmg the flow of that thatIstream thatstream thatstream Istream stream for the reclamation reclarpahon of a large alarge Utah areaThe areaThe area areaThe I areaI The dam will be an earth flll fill flllstructure fillstructure fillstructure : structure with a height of pro bably probably 300 feet making makmg it one of ofIthe the ofthe highest dams of this type It Itwill Itwill Itwill Ithe will be a quarter of a mile mlle wide wideat wideat wideat , at the bottom 40feet ranging rangmg up to 40 feet at its crestThe crestThe crest crestThe The lake created by the dam damwould damwould damwould would extend up the river Tlver to a apomt apoint apoint pomt point near the mouth of Salt Saltcreek Saltcreek Saltreek creek ; some two miles west of ofMack Mack ofMack and in m the Dolores river riverIt riverit riverit It would back water nearly to toGateway toGateway toGateway Gateway thus creating creatmg a lake lakebetween between 40 and 45 miles m in inlength mlength mlengthThe length n h lengthThe , The lake would be about eight eightmiles eightmiles eightmiles miles wide at its maximum thiS thiSwidth thiswidth thiswidth width being bemg reached near Sagers Sagerswash Sagerswash Sagerswash wash just to the west from CISCO CISCOand Ciscoand Ciscoand and but a short distance up the thestream thestream thestream stream from the damThe dam damThe : The site of the present town townof townof ' of Cisco would be placed under underfrom underfrom underfrom town'I 'I I [ from 30 to 40 feet of water The TheCISCO TheCisco TheCisco CISCO school is built on a high highpomt highpoint highpoint pomt point near the town While CISCO CISCOwould Ciscowould Ciscowould would be under water the 10 to 10cahon tocation location cahon cation of the school would be beon beon beon on a small island when the lake lakeIS lakeis IS filled filledThe The lake is intended mtended to aid m in mregulatmg inregulating inregulating regulatmg regulating the flow of the Colo ColoI Colorado Colorado Colorado I rado river Tlver Lake Mead abovei above aboveBoulder aboveBoulder Boulder aboveiBoulder dam has 28 28000000feet 000 000 000feet 000feet feet of usable water storage and andthe andthe ; the ultimate ulhmate plan for the Tlver river rivercalls rivercalls ' calls for about twice this thisamount thisamount thisamount amount Deweydam of storage The Dewey dam would be the first of these thesenew thesenew thesenew new projectsIii storage projects - ' IA In Iii excess of 40 000 acres of offirst offirst offirst first grade land would be re reclaimed reclaimed reclaimed claimed from Dewey lakeBureau lakeBureau lake lakeBureau Bureau of of ofjreclamation reclamahon reclamation studies - - - ' ' - - - - ' ' - coi conducted ted tedfor -for for for some ; ' ; ; years ; ; s-p s p past pastwere pastwere ; were made with a view to al alilowance allowance allowance tl ilowance lowance for all future use of wa waIter water water ter within wIthm the state of Colorado Coloradothat Coloradothat Coloradothat Iter that can now be foreseenNot foreseenNot foreseen foreseenNot Not only the removal of the therailroad therailroad therailroad , railroad from its present route routeIbut routebut routebut Ibut but the highway as well will be benecessItated benecessitated benecessitated necessItated both taking takmg off off'from offfrom offfrom 'from from ' from a point pomt near Mack and andcrossll1g andcrossipg andcrossing crossll1g crossipg the higher district wen well wennorth wellnorth wellnorth north towards the Book Cliff Cliffmountams Cliffmountains Cliffmountains mountams mountains from the present presentroutes presentroutes presentroutes routes Both would retul retuin n to topresent topresent topresent present grades at the west endof of the lake several miles to the thewest thewest thewest west of Cisco |