| Show i Workman man Left Out of i At Flaming Gorge Dam Project I INo No snow but cold js the re- re report report port from Flaming Gorge Dam as the weather has pre pre- prevented vented all but n a token work work- working ling ing force from operating Jean R Walton protect project construction engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation re re- re reported ported last week that Arch Dam Constructors prime con con- contractor tractor has only about workmen on the payroll com com- compared compared pared with about during the peak of construction duro dur- during Ing the summer A PERMANENT concrete plug will be placed In the dl- dl diversion version tunnel next week It will be 62 feet long 32 feet In diameter on the upstream end and 29 feet In diameter on the downstream end After Atter the plug Is placed It ItIs itis Is cooled and the outside Is grouted to provide a perma- perma permanent permanent nent seal seal Last week also one of the hollow jet valves In the out out- outlet outlet let works was opened and a second feet of water was allowed through the tu tubes s A bypass gate In the up up- stream face of the diversion left open when the main por pon tunnel was closed This was tion of the tunnel was closed Nov 1 1 I I WATER BEHIND the dam has been backing up at the I Irate rate of a foot a 11 day and isnow Is Isnow now feet deep at the dam The Green River myer has been backed up seven miles I I Road relocation work on Wyoming north of the dam at Henrys Henry's Fork han hair been completed and Is open to traffic ilc fic |
