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<br />o <br />"'j <br />"""" <br />Ut <br />C) <br />..... <br /> <br />suitable foundation. The work of building the concrete structures, <br /> <br />namely the Pumping Plant, the intake structure, three intake conduits, <br /> <br />each some 518 feet long, and a discharge conduit 3,350 feet long, was <br /> <br />'" -~.- <br /> <br />started in July of 1947 and substantially completed in Nove~ber of <br /> <br />1949. After the building had been constructed, backfill was placed <br /> <br />around it and up to the level of the main floor, some 25 feet above <br /> <br /> <br />the original ground and seven feet above the high water elevation of <br /> <br />the reservoir. Since this work was located in a high mountain valley <br /> <br />at elev~tion 8287, winter came early each year and closed down the <br /> <br />contractor's operations. Then, too, since the country had not re- <br /> <br />covered from the problems of the war, many materials were difficult <br /> <br />to obta~n, but the contractor pursued the work as rapidly as conditions <br /> <br /> <br />would permit. In March of 1950 another contract was a warded to the <br /> <br />Eichleay Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the installation <br /> <br />of the main pumps and motors and related machinery. The remainder of <br /> <br />the year of 1950 was spent in completing the building and in the early <br /> <br />part of 1951 the Granby Pumping Plant was ready to operate whenever <br /> <br />the occasion demanded. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />-. ,- <br />..'. ,.' '.' <br />