<br />Hydro ~Iectric
<br />Power
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<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.
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<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.
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<br />Lake Powell
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<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!
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<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.
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<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.
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