Show Wanship Dam Nearing Co Completion on t Reservoir acre feet acre feet Peoa Utah fj k 4 t P b o. o 3 miles long J w itt HN i i iF F V i w Dam Dani D' D H. H h High am- am 19 T V f 2000 long It 1 1000 Thick h i I Y Q J 6 Wide at Crest ira t New Road r I i f it Wt i ii hw h w l lt lv t v Here is how the dreamers visualized the Wanship Dam i just a years year ago now And you should see it Its It's just I about finished finished the the contractors announced this week the new comp completion date is set for just after the first of The year about four months ahead of schedule Work on the rip-rapping rip on the u upstream tream side of the d dam damis m mis is near nea the top and should be completed in a w week ck or two accordi according g to the engineer in charge Most MOISt of the work is now inside ilie the outlet tunnels The Th 15 dollar doUar dam Jam a part of the Weber Basin Project nears completion without a major injury but there have been some close calls A elevator cable broke and dropped one man its occupant some 20 10 feet recently He was unconscious but suffered suffered suf no serious injury Previously in on one of the freakiest accidents veteran construction men had ever seen a truck drive er escaped injury when his truck being lowered backward down the face of the dam to dump facing rock broke its cable The driver jammed on his brakes ALL FOUR WHEELS of the truck went up and the truck balanced ON ITS TAILGATE The driver tumbled out of the cab cab unhurt But he was mighty pale according to unbelieving spectators Workmen had a little valve the tunnel Saturday and the thc r rumor rumor nor ran ran down the canyon that the e pam valve was stuck open open and the the Weber eber Valley might be fl fl fI ded Of course course th the rumor rumor placed the trouble at the wrong r ng dam and darn and anyhow observers agreed there is not enough water left in Echo to cause damage t Incidentally the skeleton found in tn inn the R Rockport section recently unearthed by an mover earth-mover and aDd believed to be that of a white man has been re diagnosed re-diagnosed as the skeletons of a woman and baby No information as to identity has been forthcoming I |