| Show project engineer gorge dam barn history following Is the complete text ot of the report on the pro grom of flaming gow gorge dam atad and power plant presented by joan jean II 11 walton project con st ruction engineer april 4 at the annual meeting ot vernal chamber of commerce the naming gorge corge unit Is one of the four storage reser doirs authorized for or construction on the colorado river storage project the pal features of the unit are the flaming gorge dam and Power plant and the switchyard tile the dam la is licater on the green river about six miles south of the Uth wyoming state late line dam am and the dam Is to be a thin archetype arch type concrete structure having a structural height of about feet above its fout foundation lotion with a crest length of 1160 feet and containing about cubic yards yarda of t concrete tho the power plant located at the downstream too toe of the dam will have three generating units each of 36 kilowatt capacity the crest of the dank dam will bo be at elevation and the roadway over the crest of the dam will be at af elevation and the roadway over the crest of the dam will be 27 feet wide the reservoir will have a storage capacity of just under 4 acre feet and WI extend upstream some 91 miles to within 4 or 5 miles of green river wyom ing start of work actual work on the flaming gorge unit was initiated when the bureau of alon on established a temporary project office in vernal in august of 1956 the office engineering and administrative work was handled out of vernal while the field operations were handled from a small temporary f field bild lild office established in manila most of the field crows crews lived in trailers at manila or commuted from green river wyoming this arrangement was feces sary aary until we could get sufficient facilities and housing constructed at tho the dam site to move our headquarters and person personnel near the site of the tha work work during the first year consisted primarily of completing the foundation exploratory drilling investigations for suitable sources of concrete aggregates surveys for location 61 access roads and surveys for the campsite and for utilities for the construction town construction access road the first aral actual construe uon tion was started following the award of a contract to the construction com company p any of logan utah in january 1857 1937 for construction of 7 miles ot of access road and a temporary timber pile bridge feet long across the green river tills this reach of access road extended cast foin f oin linwood utah to a location approximately two wo miles east of the green liver it roughly parallels and is on the north side aide of tho th Ilen henrys rys fork river the aluad inter sects secta the paved highway between manila utah and green river wyoming at a point about a thousand feet north of the state line initially this portion of the access road was constructed with only a gravel surface but this was later given a bituminous surface treatment under the provisions of the prime contract tract nie ne first 1 miles of the access road was com 61 and accepted front the con tractor in the latter part of may 1937 construction company was also tile the successful bidder on hie flit second reach of the die access road extending from tile the end of tile he f first rs k contract to the lite community I 1 I 1 site otte sit at dutch john tills this contract act amounting to better than a halt million dol dollar lats was awarded in june 1057 the was completed and accepted from the contractor one year ear latr later in june of 1051 1050 the second contract tailed called for a somewhat higher type of 0 cont contraction ruction than tho the first as this portion of the road Is all above the reservoir water surface and will be permanent the road was constructed to a 28 foot bituminous surfaced faced width with grades not exceeding seven per cent area to be b flooded tho the first six miles of the access road along with the town of linwood will be flooded when the reservoir Is filled to its maximum capacity the location of the post office building at linwood will be under about fort forty feet of water and the deck of the timber bridge over the green river will be about feet under the lake level when the reservoir is filled to its maximum capacity community area the area that was selected for the community site was probably one of the most isolated and locations in the state of utah previous to the construction of the bridge across the green river it was only visited infrequently by a few sheep and cattle men and by numerous hunters during the big game season it abounds with deer during the latter part of the hunting season as it has always been a migratory feeding ground during the winter months for deer from the higher country the only semblance of civilization in iii the area was the pacific northwest high pressure gas line to the north and a dirt airstrip on the hp dutch john bench to the south you can easily visualize the volume of work that was necessary to make this area into a small town capable of accommodating mo dating up to people during the construction period community construction A contract was awarded to the witt construction company of provo utah in july 1957 for the construction of the community corn facilities at dutch john the amount of this contract was elight ib lightly ly under two and three quarters million dollars the contract covered the general grading for the co community hi construction of streets and sidewalks construction of a sewer col electing system a sewage treat merit ment plant and pr areas a water distribution system a power distribution system and the construction of eighty permanent type residences when it later appeared that the prime contract for the construction st of the dam and pow would be delayed witts contract was modified to delete thirty of the residences work started on witts wilts contract in august 1957 and was substantially complete in february of this year concurrently with the start of witts wilts contract we started the erect erection lon of 6 25 fransa homes with government forces and tile the moving of our trailer camp front from manila to dutch john it wao wag also abro necessary tor us UK to develop a temporary source of domestic water from springs and to construct a temporary sew age disposal system of sufficient size to accommodate the he first residents of the community smaller tonit contracts acts w were e r e ayvar awarded ded in august and sept ember 1037 for the lion of two 40 X prefabricated in metal e t a I 1 warehouse buildings and a number of prefabricated metal garage buildings T these h e a 6 buildings opre completed and accepted from the contractors in april of 1930 1950 iiona the fransa lion homes its which many of 0 you people have seen are a new and rather novel type of lemp temporary housing cousin i well wel adapted ado ted to construction st ruction jobs these houses arp are constructed much along continued on page 10 OUTLINES FLAMING annoe IA DAM 1 rolly continued from rage pa 0 the lines of a largo large trailer hut but when fully folly reeled give dive hearly double the floor of a 4 I 1 large trotter trails they were by the transit homes corporation in fullerton Call california forn 10 and over tile highways to dutch john A at i the site bite they uro are set on a temporary foundation and opened out to give a floor space of over it ft kitchen bathroom bati room two small bed rooms and a combination liv ing dining room boom MOYO to dutch john the first of our people were lovd into dutch john in january 1050 1950 and by may 1050 1030 sufficient fransa homes and trailers and the utilities were available to accomma date most of our organization our project headquarters was move moved d from the temporary location in vernal to dutch john on an may 15 1050 1948 since that date yo we have been using one of 0 the warehouse build ings as an office building until construction 0 of our perm anent administration building Is completed schools an attempt was made not to move families with school age children to dutch john until the close of 0 school in the spring of 1058 ea an no school facilities were available at the site the daggett county bounly school district with the help of fed eral funds awarded a contract for the construction of a four classroom school building g at dutch john in september 1857 1937 clogan and tinley con st ruction company ot of center ville utah was the successful bidder on this work the work was started immediately after award of contract and completed in time aline for the opening of school in septem bor bar 1858 1058 the school at dutch john accommodates the first six grades and a kindergarten children in the seventh and eighth grades and in high school are transported by bus some twenty miles to manila the daucett county school district plans to award a contract this summer mummer for construction st of a temporary addition fo for r tour four classrooms to the school building federal funds from the department of Ife health alth education and welfare are being made mada available for this purpose Tele telephone service telephone facilities to dutch john have been constructed ted by the union tele phone company of mountain view wyoming during the past two years tile tike company has liaa had a construction and betterment program underway in order to handle the increase in the volume of business an automatic eke exchange hange lias has been constructed and placed in operation at mountain view wyo wyoming ming manila utah and dutch john utah W we now have dial telephones available to any of the residents of dutch john who desire this service oa gas service tile the utah gas gaa service company of salt lake cuy contracted to construct und and operate a natural gas distribution system at dutch john early last summer tile the system was placed in operation and natural gas lias has beer been available to tile alie government camp for heating cooking and water heating subsequently the company contracted to furnish natural gas to tile the contract contractors oron portion of the he community the natural gas Is 14 taken from the northwest high pressure pipeline which Is locate located d about one Ilig thousand usand feet north of tho the edge of the community power bervice A large block of electric power la Is needed lot for the construction st of the darn dam the government advertised tot for tit the furnishing of during the construction period with the maximum demand estimated to reach a peak of yearly kilowatts und ir er the terms of the invitation the copi contractor was wai permitted to lo deliver transmitted power from h a distant source or of to generale genei ale the power near vie tic site ite of the work tito the moon lake electric association were the successful bidders end and have subsequently con truc ted a switching station hear Vert vernal ial a GO 69 KV trans trana lino vernal to pie e camille and ft A substation at t the duch john terminus f the transmission line lue the ran transmission line find and the sub tation bete end and seed in operation opera Uon on jah jahu ry iry 27 1999 1939 and ance that ile ate moon aloon lako lake has been delivering to dutch john aad to the construction area contract V tile tha W wilt lit construction company was wa also alno the h 0 low o on ois an invitation forles for bids for the construction construct loia af tho garage and tire fire station building the laboratory building and the lie administration building tito th contract was awarded and notice to proceed given in august 1153 1958 except for some outside work that could not be accomplished during freezing weather tills this contract contri ct la Is now substantially complete the garage and fire station and the laboratory bual buildings dings have been occupied 0 aring I 1 the to past month we are in the process of moving into the P permanent erm administration building 1 at the present time did bids prim contract the rhe highlight of the work at fliming filming gorge to date was tile the opening of bids on the prime contract at tile the high school auditorium in manila utah on june jone 10 1099 1053 many of 0 you people were present at this bid opening over people were present and I 1 ana am told this was probably the largest gathering in the history of manila olds bids tor for the construction of flaming gorge dam and pow ranged front from a low of 29 mi A million dollars to a high of over 50 million dollars the low and successful bid der was the arch dam constructors tors this company is a joint venture consisting of peter blewit sons company omaha nebraska morrison knudsen company boise idaho Mi dalle utility constructors tors tora houston texas and coker construction company of 09 omaha nebraska peter kiewit sons company Is the sponsor of the joint venture and this company Is running the lob job for the contractor douglas daker baker is the project manager in charge for the contractor at the construction prime contract the prime contract was awarded on june 18 1058 1958 and notice to proceed given 0 on J july uly 1 1058 1953 since the latter date the contractor has com completed plated abst of its camp construction construct lon and most of the construction in its shop and warehouse areas area it has constructed ted residences and dup lexes for its key employees a dormitory of two hundred marts man capacity a largo large mess hall ball a commissary building a filling station a camp ad ministration and fire station building the grading and utilities for a capacity trailer park laundry faelli ties for the trailer area a large ware warehouse bouse a large shop building an administration building and a ejon concrete crete form and steel erection yard area this latter Is served by an overhead traveling gantry crane in addition the contractor has completed the construction and equipping of a ten bed hospital aliis unit has been placed in operation and Is staffed with a resident physician I 1 am told that this Is the first time there has been a doctor available in daggett county in many years the contractor lias has worked throughout tile the arinter winter on the construction of the access road from dutch john to the left abutment of the dam and on the power plant service road to river level on the left side tf of the viver ilver all of this road work lias has been very heavy construction sa s it is all in exceptionally heavy rock cuts the ilia construction of these roads la Is now flow nearing completion A subcontract was award ed to the coker coash botlon company one on of the joint venture for the excavation of the diversion tunnel lit in the right abutment of the dam coker started the open cut ex excavation cavallon at the inlet portal last fall end and by the first of december decerb ar had this completed there was then a short delay waiting tot for equipment to arrive at tile the project to 0 o start the alie underground work and actual tunnel excavation wax was not started until about the first of january since that time lime tile the work has been lit in progress three shifts per oer day on a six day week alie diversion tunnel was holed through on march 2 1939 1959 since then the subcontractor has iwen been removing the five foot invert segment of he fie cir circular tular tunnel find and removing tight projections of the lite arock this Is now practically complete tile diversion tunnel was excavated to an inside inside diameter of 20 26 feet and will be concrete lined to an of as reel feet it Is 1100 feet long iong arch dam constructors wt will start the concrete lining of the diver Abri tunnel Int and expect to have this completed such that the flow of the on onen green en river can be lin divested divel dl veiled ted through tho the tunnel in august or of Sette imber cotter coffer dams will be construct ed upstream and downstream of the dam and poWer plant foundation areas to permit un |
