Show Soldier Greek Creel Damn Dam at Strawberry Nearly Done Construction of the Soldier Creek Dam to enlarge Strawberry Reservoir Is nearing nearing near near- ing completion reported Palmer Delong Delong De De- long Project Manager of the C Central Utah Project at Provo Only about 53 50 feet remain to be placed on the th top tap of the foot foot high earth filled dam THE NEW dam is located on Strawberry Straw Straw- Strawberry berry River about seven seyen miles below the present Strawberry Dam It will result result re re- sult suit in an n enlargement of Strawberry Reservoir to about four tour times its present pre pre- present sent capacity or a total of more than one million acre feet Flows of or Strawberry River w were wre re d' d d'- d' on May 15 of or this year through the l lower outlet tunnel in the left abutment abutment abut abut- ment of the dam Th's diversion permitted permitted per per per- placement of embankment material mat erial across the full width of the dam Since May the dam has gradually risen risen ris en to its present height of about 24 fet feat All five zones were placed simultaneously sim sim- and the embankment material material mater mater- ial in each zoie Zole is of a noticeably different different dif dif dif- ferent color A BE BEEHIVE EH IVE of activity marks the construction area as huge trucks moving moving moving ing at high rates of speed haul in the material and scrapers rollers lers and other heavy equipment arc are busy atop the lam dam Hud Bud Jt Jung nger r Project Protect Manager for the te contracts Burgess Construction Company Com pany pony estimated that all being u ci ed In th the clam dart construction travels eh nn an accumulative each earh day The Ml fin hi ha hat I been placed at an average aYerle e rate of more than cubic yards per day A TOTAL of about men me ore em cm- played p at the Soldier Creek Dam workIng working work work- Ing in two nIne hour hour shifts six days per week These arc are all local men except for a few supervisory positions If Jf g od weather continues for another three weeks Mr Junger said tI they y will top out the dam this fall A SEPARATE body of water will Initially initially ini Ini- be formed behind the new dam until until un un- til its water level approaches the level in the existing Strawberry Reservoir The original Strawberry Dam will then be breached to permit free water movements movements move move- ments and the one l large rge reservoir wll be created Mr DeLong said that several several seve ral years will be required to fill the thc reservoir reservoir re re- re to it full capacity The water level will then be about 45 feet higher than the maximum level of the present Strawberry Reservoir Z Zy 3 y It 1 m J SOLDIER CREEK DAM CREST All five zones of differently colored materials can be distinguished as heavy equipment work on the zones simul THE SIZE OF the Soldier Creek Dam is realized from the view of the nearly finished outlet side placing the materials across the length and width of the dam structure Z 1 r 1 1 r r F y t ry 6 v y y K rr V Vt t r V t n r ta 5 l t f yM Yh 5 I a p A nt L l ii C 4 a of the dam The structure will cause Strawberry Reservoir to increase to four times times' Its present size |