Show Utah's Flaming Gorge g. g Will be Seventh Tallest Dam Darn in U. U S. S Bids will be received by the Bureau of Reclamation on June 10 for forr the construction of tho the Flaming Gorge Gorie dam and powerhouse powerhouse power power- house on the Green river in the northeastern corner of Utah Jean R. R Walton will open the bids at pm p.m. On June 10 at atthe atthe atthe the Manila hl high h School building In Manila Utah the town nearest nearest near near- est to the damsite Flaming Gorge dam will be the seventh highest con concrete rete dam damIn damIn In fn the United States and will create a reservoir which will rank In size The dam will rise about feet above bedrock bedrock bed bed- rock and its gr gracefully curved crest will extend for 1180 feet across the canyon of of the Green river Flaming Gorge dam will create the first storage reservoir on the Green river to provide control con cone trot and regulation of river flows nOM I The Flaming Gorge storage uni Is one OM of bf the four units pre pre- d iMy Iy Authorized for construction construe tion 1001 m The Glen Canyon storage 1 0 on nn th the Colorado river Is w w under construction and nN out nt-out ut 15 per cent completed M id be opened on June 19 f t on New Mexico for ois of Navajo dam on the he S nn n n J J v n. n l Aver The fourth fourths s sorl e unit the Hie unit on nn h hn river Is in western west west- ern em Col Colorado rado is in the final I I stages of study required before construction can be undertaken Nearly 1 million cubic yards of concrete will be placed In FlamIng FlamIng Flaming Flam Flam- Ing Gorge dam powerhouse and other related features Five of the six dams which are higher r than Flaming Gorge dam were built by the Bureau of Reclamation Included are such giants glants as Grand Coulee dam damon on the Columbia river in the State of Washington Hoover dam on the lower Colorado ri river rivet ri vet vcr in Arizona rzona and Nevada Glen Canyon dam which Is now under construction on the Colorado ri river ver in Arizona and Shasta dam damon on the Sacramento river in Cal The Flaming Gorge reservoir will extend 91 miles upstream nearly t to tb the town of Green River Wyoming and will store I about feet acre of wa Wa- ter The flows of the Green river ri river ri ver vcr a major tributary of the Colorado river which enters the big muddy some seventy miles below Moab will be regulated by Flaming Gorge dam The at the toe of the dam will three generators of kilowatts installed capacity each The total total total to to- tal capacity of the when all three generators are installed will be kilo kilo- watts Headquarters for the construction con con- of Flaming Gorge dam damare damare damare are located oc at Dutch John the states state's newest permanent town now being constructed about 2 miles from the damsite Housing Homing shopping f facilities schools and the like will be provIded provided pro pro- provided vided at Dutch John for contractors contractors con con- tractors and Government forces Five years will wilt be allowed for forthe forthe forthe the completion of work under the prime contract Location of the Dam Fla Flaming ning Gorge dam is b located Bated Bat Bat- ed on the Green river where it has cut the deep and beautiful Red Canyon in the north I flanks of the Uinta mountains I The Ashley national forest surrounds sur sur- surrounds rounds the damsite and borders the Uie lower 25 miles of the reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir area Cold mountain trout streams and abundant wildlife are found in the open forested country of the dam and reservoir reser reser- reservoir voir area Located in the extreme northeast northeast north north- east part of Utah the Flaming Gorge damsite is just 6 miles south of the Wyoming state line and twenty miles west of the Colorado state line Green river and Rock Springs Wyoming on U. U S S. Highway 30 I and Vernal Utah on U. U S. S 40 ire are the cities nearest to the m ie i.e. e. e The nearest railroad to toha tov ha v Flaming Gorge damsite is isit it t Green River Wyoming a once Ice of about 60 miles I Wyoming end ex-end state highway ex- ex fends dl 43 miles south from Green iver ver to Linwood Utah The roan of Reclamation Is now ending a temporary access road or ft nr about 15 miles from Lin- Lin cod to Dutch John This ac- ac ess road is nearly completed and nd will be surfaced this year The temporary timber bridge on he e access road which crosses the Green river east of Linwood and md a section of this road will wilt willbe he be flooded when the Flaming Gorge reservoir fills An Improved road and Forest Service highway extends 30 miles north from Vernal nearly to what Is known as Greendale Junction The State of Utah opened bids on May 27 for the first 2 mlle mile section of a mile 7 link from Greendale to the dam dame site Dutch butch John the town at the damsite is now under construe tion Temporary offices warehouses warehouses ware ware- houses garages and a room four school are completed or nearing completion Work is proceeding on the construction of 50 permanent permanent permanent per per- manent and temporary houses for Bureau of Reclamation em em- The construction of streets and utilities is on sched sched- ule On May 15 the office of the Flaming Gorge storage unit moved from its temporary lo 10 I cation at Vernal to D Dutch John Th The Th Prim Prime Contract The prime contract calls for building the Flaming Gorge damand dam damand damand and powerhouse The Bureau of Reclamation Issued the for bids on April 22 for opening June 10 It is expected that the contract will be awarded award award- ed before June 30 The contract between the Bureau Bu Bu- Bureau reau of Reclamation and a construction construction con con- company or combination combination atlon of companies will call for forthe forthe forthe the following work to be done 1 1 Construct an type arch concrete concrete con con- crete dam about feet high and 1180 feet long at the crest 2 Excavate and concrete line ling linga a diversion tunnel about 1100 feet ling to carry the Green ri river xi ri ver around the damsite during construction J i 3 Build the spillway intake structure and the lined concrete spillway tunnel 4 Construct the powerhouse of reinforced concrete and steel to three generating units I 5 Build the necessary roads to the damsite proper Under the contract the successful successful suc suc- bidder will wUl be required to excavate a total of cubic yards of earth and rock for the dam and related works inot not including roads from Dutch John to the damsite and to place cubic yards of concrete concrete con con- crete in the darn dani dam proper and another cubic yards in related works Aggregate for forthe forthe forthe the concrete te will be obtained by bythe bythe bythe the contractor from gravel deposIts deposits deposits de de- de- de posits along Henrys Fork of the Green river near Linwood Utah The contractor will supply about barrels tons of cement and tons of for the cubic yards of concrete required Large quantities of steel willbe will willbe willbe be used in building Flaming Gorge dam the largest quantitIes quantities quantities ties are 2200 tons of reinforcing reinforcing ing ng bars tons of structural steel in the powerhouse and tons of structural steel as tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel supports Utah's first large dam and reservoir will wilt be a boon to the state both from Industrial and I recreational standpoints and andl andI l I will be another great advancement advancement advance advance- I ment to a portion of Utah which was heretofore forgotten as a aland aland aland I land area |