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Show p - - " ' "v; - i . . r .-- -,. ... ...... --. -:.,3, "'' . " 'i, -.-r"-. .' ".;',fT " , .-' . H .. i ' , . " - . ' r New okvtrio service will be providd park visitors cent' r aiul public camp-this camp-this month to Dead Horse Point State Ki'ound. . .- UP&L Crevs Finishing Work to Get Power to Dead Horse Point Area Tiu re sw'.l bo a r.e-.v di-n:. di-n:. v .n vi i':iVna.noe Lr the j:row:::i; number of anneal an-neal V.s.ters to Dead IU:-se I.nt state park after mid-Jl mid-Jl : r.o-. t lec:r:c:ty sor-vi.e. sor-vi.e. Utah I.wvr Light Co. sa.d this wovk tlut its creas are rfcar completion on a $ : C3 . i." 0) octal p'Wer d e 1 i v -try F'ict th.it will serve the state park's v:s,t. rs o n-ter n-ter ar.d ti'ie public ciump-grt.ir.d. ciump-grt.ir.d. Blame Shields. ITi-L M-ab M-ab d -strict reprvsentative, S lid the project as des.gn-ed des.gn-ed to assure minimum interference inter-ference w.th the scenic values val-ues of the area. The project pro-ject includes construction of nine ard or.e half miles of "concealed-' p"wcr lines from the highway north of Moab. to the north border of Lhe state park where the line was put underground for thfe five miles to the visitors center and campground. camp-ground. Mr. Shields said the overhead ov-erhead portion of the line was located away from traveled tra-veled areas. Every' attempt was madte to conceal the line by taking advantage of rills, gullies and canyor.s, he said. Tne underground portion cf the line extends five miles from the park border to the headquarters and it was installed with the aid of a newly developed cable plow capable of laying electrical elec-trical cable at a 40 inch depth. In addition to serving Dead Horse Point, Mr. Shields said the power project pro-ject will be capable of providing pro-viding power to anticipated commercial developments in the vicinity of the park. It will also be able to supply power requirements at the north entry to Canyonlands National Park. UP&L consulted with both the Bureau of Land Management Man-agement and the State of Utah on the design, right-of-way and environmental considerations con-siderations of the project. Electric service at the park up to now, has been limited to small on-site generators. gen-erators. Last year some 34,000 people peo-ple Visited Dead Horse Point "1 I i j 1 i i t " ' " " ' T- m ' I ' " - Ww -' -- 'XZr -.,' -v-'W -r - f C r-, V.-, . - S : i V'- '-V- j ; .t -- -'.-- ."-- w1-t --J Max Irish, journeyman lineman for Utah Tower & Light Co., points to four "concealed" utility poles that will serve Dead Horse Point. Portions of the line in the state park are underground and the overhead over-head portion of the power line is located away from traveled areas and concealed by routing throug'h rills and gullies where possible. |