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<br /> <br />l:;:l <br />,....) <br />/rd <br />~ <br />(t) <br />N <br />.t <br /> <br /> <br />First NCWCD Headquarters. B ,ement of Greeley Tribune Building <br /> <br />September 28. 1937 <br /> <br /> <br />Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes, calls <br />another hearing to listen to protests against <br />C~ BT {undin,. Ickes determines project is <br />feasible and s,nds findings to President. <br /> <br />President Rodsevelt concurs with Ickes' <br />findings and gives final approval to <br />C-BTPtoject, <br /> <br />District~wide 6lection a'uthorizes NCWCD to <br />enter contractlwith United States and to assess <br />all properties within the District a 1 miIl ad <br />valorem tax to !lUild C- BT. Approved by 17- I <br />margin. ' <br /> <br />July 5,1938 Contract with {j. S. is executed to provide for <br />repayment of P9rtion of C~ BT costs, <br /> <br />November12.1937 <br /> <br />December 27. 1937 <br /> <br />June 28,1938 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Green Mountain damsite <br /> <br />December 1, 1938 C~BT Project construction begins with <br />dam foundation excavation for Green <br />Mountain Reservoir. <br /> <br /> <br />Construction on tunnel at East Portal begins <br /> <br />June 23, 1940 Construction on Alva B. Adams Tunnel <br />begins. <br /> <br /> <br />December 5, 1941 <br />Work begins on <br />Lake Granby dam and <br />diversion tunnel. <br /> <br />Work begins on damsite <br />at Lake Granby <br /> <br />December 31, 194 2 War Production Board orders work stopped on <br />all project features except Green Mountain <br />Power Plant. <br /> <br /> <br />Green Mountain Power Plam <br /> <br />May 1943 First electricity produced at Green Mountain <br />Power Plant. <br /> <br />July 1943 War Production Board allows construction of <br />C~BT Project to be resumed on a limited basis. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />I <br />