Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-05-26 | Page 19 | Big Irrigation Dam Has Bene Completed

BIG IRRIGATION DAM HAS BEEN COMPlETED The Tho bit big darn dam across ls Bishop creek near Metropolis that is s to lo hold in storage stor stOr- ago age tho water to irrigate th the farms of the Pacific tic reclamation project has been completed The contractors have ha withdrawn their men and eq equipment tho the finishing touches have hn been made and one ono of or the greatest construction feats ever er planned In connection with a a. reclamation project t In Nevada Ne has hu been successfully l achieved Work was started on June 10 1911 1311 and only the engineers and contractors contractor under whoso whose direction the operations progressed will frill ever over fully realize tho the difficulties and obstacles that were met and antl overcome in completing the primary primary primary mary stages el of ot the tho structure tho the greatest difficulty heln being encountered In reaching be bedrock rock below the thc silt in the bed of or the stream The great concrete con- con crete rock and filled earth structure has now been completed T. T solid barrier harrier across the on 11 car von which will withstand th the forces of the water for J. J ca cars eals s and retain h for or th the complete irrigation irrigation a tion of the the on fIe Ue project Over Ocr 72 yarns yards of oC embankment and excavation were wert moved In the work of or construction and over Oer 3 yards of rock jock Two hundred and aid fifty men and forty tort teams have hll been constantly employed em em- in in brining ln the work to completion completion comple comple- tion lion work pro progressing throughout the tho entire winter and du the warmer months da day dav and night shifts shUts hay have been used The Thc dam at the top trip Is IR LJ UC G fe feet Oct t long and sixteen nn and one half feet wide P P. J J. J Moran Morano o of this elt city had the thc contract for the work