Show Starvation Darn Dam Passes ft I Way Half Construction eta Stage e I The gigantic Starvation Dam project has reached mother another milestone after 16 months of construction The project is now 55 per pel cent completed THE STRAWBERRY River liver was returned to its natural channel over last weekend to flow through the dam outlet works and preparations were being m made de to close a gap in inthe inthe the dam The river riv r had been flowing through the gap since construction started in May of 1961 The river was diverted west of its natural channel to the theother theother other side of Strawberry Canyon where the dam is being built until workmen can complete the outlet works While construction moved ahead in this area the earth earth- 2920 foot long dam dam itself was pressed by giant rollers to a foot 60 height the dam third one Its final height will be feet A GAP Ell 50 feet wide at the thc base and widening to 75 feet near the top was left in the dam to permit uninterrupted flow of the river We v had been working to- to toward ward last Friday to divert the water back into its natural channel and through the outlet works of the dam in order to tog g give e us a long weekend for the river bed to dry uP said AI Al- Al Albert bert S Bureau of Reclamation project en en- en engineer HE SAID the contractor Goodfellow Bros Inc expects to begin clearing debris from the banks of the diversion bed of the river Tuesday so that the gap ap could be closed The river riverbed bed bd must dr dry out before filling can be done clone he said Mr said the flow of the Strawberry River is isa isa a little below normal which lessened the problems Involved in its diversion The Starvation Dam is a por portion tion of the Starvation Complex Bonneville Unit Central Utah Project Total cost of the Cen Central utah Project will be million with Starvation Unit alone costing 20 llon The Starvation Dam will provide a I reservoir with a capacity of feet acre |