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<br />Hydro ~Iectric <br />Power <br /> <br />JnSE'fm by the visitor, bul vitally <br />mrertanl, is the mslallation 0/ IUr- <br />linns andgemnatorsnow underwa y <br />n the Glen Conyon Powe-rplanl. <br />'he 8 q(!neralors have a 1010] <br />:opacity 01 900,000 kilowatts- <br />.nouqh electricity for a city 01 <br />million people. When ordered, <br />he gf'neralors were the largest <br />!ver to be installed In a Bureau 01 <br />~eclamotion powerplanl. The !irs! <br />mils began production of hydro- <br />.lectric poW!;!f in 1964. The eighth <br />md Jast generator was "pul on the <br />ine" in February 1966. <br /> <br /> <br />Electrical energy means transmission <br />lines, with high steel lowers to carry <br />the long aluminum conductors, <br />which measure up 10 about Ih <br />inches in diameter. Glen Canyon <br />power (900,000 kilowatts) is lied in <br />with powerplants 01 Flaming Gorge <br />Dam, the Curecanli Unit dams, and <br />with olher smaller CRSP powerplants <br />which, when completed, will proouce <br />o combined total of 1.351,500 <br />kilowalls for the system. Total <br />length of the Federal "backbone" <br />transmission line approaches 2,100 <br />mlles. Interconnecting lines, both <br />private and public, total many <br />thousands of miles in length and <br />carry CRSP power to major metro- <br />politan areas and to rural areas 01 <br />the Intermountain West. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Lake Powell <br /> <br />"Lake Powell is an indescribably green body of <br />water 01 lobyrinthine proportions completely sur- <br />rounded by a continent of red sand and rock. It is <br />the only instance on record wherein a sizeable <br />portion of this planet has been improved on by the <br />coming 01 man." <br /> <br />This statement, made by the f'CIitor of a regional <br />newspaper, mayor may not be fully accurate. <br />But it is representative 01 public reaction to Lake <br />Powell. whose beauty must be seen to be believed. <br />For those who are statistically minded, Lake Powell, <br />when full, will contain 27 million acre-feet of water. <br />The lake covers 186 miles of the Colorado River <br />upstream Irom Glen Canyon Dam. There will be <br />1.900 miles 01 shoreline to explore! <br /> <br />Many agencies are helping develop the recreation <br />potential of this vast, manmade lake. The Fish and <br />Wildlife Service 01 the Department of the Interior, <br />working with the States of Utah and Arizona, has <br />planted millions 01 trout and bass in the lake. The <br />National Pork Service, also in this Department. <br />administers the lake and nearby area as the Glen <br />Conyon National Recreation Area. At the moin <br />access points, recreation locililies~marinas, swim. <br />ming beaches, boot ramps, and the like-have bt'Jen <br />developed. <br /> <br />For further inlormahon on recreation opportunities, <br />contact the Superintendent, Glen Canyon Notional <br />Recreation Area, Notional Park Service, P.O. Box <br />1507, Page, Ariz. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- -~ ~, ...... <br />'~f " ,~ :-~l"~.:...' <br />.. '. -r' ~.E'" <br />... '. J ' <br />. . ''r_~..._...L. .. <br />~ -....,......-. '--". <br />, - <br /> <br />I Land 0: <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br />,,-,,_.._, "E] <br />'. ~.. ' <br />. .0, <br />".....,....."...,""'...,'... <br />,..'-~l~ <br />, . <br />, / <br />, . <br />, <br />, <br />. <br />, <br />, . <br />'. <br />,. <br /> <br />.' <br />,,' <br /> <br />_."10' <br /> <br />___c,U"C <br />