Show 73 Mile Vat Tunnel Bids Sought for CUP It has been a long hot summer but preparations for winters winter's s bidding are arc being made by the local Bureau Dureau of Reclamation Re lie office for the Vat Tunnel job joba a part of the 37 mile 37 mile Strawberry Aqueduct Aque Aque- duct PROSPECTIVE bidders for construe tion of this project arc are invited to make physical inspection of the area now in Wasatch County 47 miles northwest of Duchesne before winter closes the area to access Bids ids are arc expected to be invited for this work during October said Albert AlbertS S S. S D DAlessandro Alessandro project engineer Uintah Uintah Uin- Uin tah Basin Dasin Field Division Bonneville Donneville Unit of the Central Utah Project THE VAT Tunnel will be about 73 miles long Alternate schedules will allow allow al al- low construction of either an eight foot eight foot diameter concrete lined concrete lined horseshoe sec lion tion or an eight foot three inch dia dia- meter concrete lined circular section The work includes two concrete drop structures at the outlet a short reach of open channel and a about bout 6 6 mile of access road The tunnel will bring water from the West Fork of the Duchesne River into the Currant Creek Tunnel WATER HOLLOW Tunnel now under construction north of Strawberry Reservoir Reser Reser- voir is also a part of the Strawberry Aqueduct as is the Currant Creek tunnel tun tun- nel Water from the streams of the north slope of the Uinta Mountains willbe willbe will willbe be brought through the tunnel and dumped dump dump- ed into the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir Re Re- Contractors interested In going onto the site of the Vat Tunnel are invited to get in m touch wih Mr D DAlessandro Alessandro a the Bureau Dureau of Reclamation office in Duchesne |