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<br />._. <br /> <br />........-"\---- ---,-- - - -_. ..--- <br /> <br />~..::;~ <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />...OIJUJlil <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />REPORT BY THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, REGION 4 / <br />TO THE COIDRADO RIVER WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br /> <br />October 19, 1965 <br /> <br />Following tests on the turbine and generator, Unit No. 5 at GLEN <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />CANYON DAM was placed in commercial operation on July 19. A sixth unit <br />is expected to be on the line during October with Units 7 and 8 follow- <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />ing in four-month intervals. Construction vas recently started on the <br /> <br />permanent visitor center complex--a Joint undertaking of the Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation and the National Park Service. <br /> <br />Work is progressing rapidly on the CURECANTI UNIT. Overall percentage <br /> <br />of completion of the prime contract for BLUE MESA DAM and Powerplant is <br /> <br /> <br />about~ percent. Placement of the dam embankment is essential~ com- <br /> <br /> <br />pleted, and the exterior structure of the powerplant is nearing com- <br /> <br />pletion. Invitations have been issued to contractors to bid on completion <br /> <br />of the Blue Mesa Poverplant, including installation of turbines, genera- <br /> <br />tors, and other electrical equipment, and to construct the switchyard <br /> <br />for the plant. Bid opening date is set for October 28, 1965, <br /> <br />At MORROW POINT DAM, excavation for the dam foundation has been com- <br /> <br />pleted, and on September 3 the first bucket of concrete was placed in <br /> <br />the dam. This represents the first of 360,000 cubic yards needed to <br />~\\J' \,,; ~ cClllIplete the 465-foot-high structure. Excavation of the penstock tunnels, <br />V~\~/ <br /> <br />() }.~v . draft tube tunnels, stilling basin, and poverPlant chamber continues, <br />0' \'\ :>s <br />\~ J Almost -30' perc~nt o~ ;he. prime contract work has been cClllIpleted. <br />\ \\. ./ I",'t"-'/ c~",(,'f.' <br />j More than 60 percent of the work necessary to complete the 6.5-mlle- <br /> <br />long <br /> <br />to the CRYSTAL DAMSITE has been accanpl1shed. <br /> <br />f;;,... e.J <br /> <br />I . <br /> <br />