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<br />Report of .::ho R,] ;ional Di~.c;ct.or
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<br />13\"1 The outlet y:arks v.'opld 1:'::: [In.ccd in 0. trench in the ri;;ht
<br />C;:DutIw:nto Tho:' \-Jould consist of 0. 3..fliOt g.-inch reinforced concrete
<br />~onduit 8.bOut (~45 foet ~o~CJ VJith 0. trc_sltrD.ck structure set over the
<br />cond1.Ji"c neCl.r the l.'pstrcr.m C:Dd, 0. vcrticc.l access s~"),n.ft from the crest
<br />of the dam to Ct g~~tc chamber CC11"~c,ining gr.tcs in Q plug, m:d 0.
<br />sti 1 '.ing...b:lsin, 5 foet wide ond 10el feot long, Yater from the
<br />s1oillillG,.k.sin would be cor."Jcyed to Dry Crock by on earth chnnnel.
<br />The C<.lrKlcity of the outlet works YJQulcl be lClO efsj tho diversion
<br />ce,p:J..city .\Jol~ld be 300 cfs~
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<br />14. Tho. illi.controllcd spill'l,:my wot'ld consist of c. concrcto-lin(~d
<br />cnuto t:l1.ough tho left end of the dam, nnd a. stilling-1x:.sin \".Iitr. c:"trth
<br />r.pproc..ch rInd outlot channels" T:hc capacity of' tl:c spi2.1vJc..y ",:Jould be
<br />2,75G ci's!)
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<br />NJ:ED FOR DBljELOP;iEllT
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<br />15. 7he North Pla.tte Project, n B1.1r(!['.u of Ecclo.mc.tion dcvl..'lop-
<br />mO!1tJ is located in castem li:.lom~"Ylg D.nd the \"Jcs"tcm Nebraska. p::mhc.ndlc:,
<br />1.vith irrit?;cltcd ~re:::"S on both the nO!"vh ctnd south sides of the ~Yorth
<br />PIC'.tte Ri,;cro '\fo..tcr fol' tilis project i::.; stol"cd in the Po.t!"1fi:-.dor
<br />Reservoir, ca;xccity 1.,045,500 acre-feet, situatc:d some 47 miles south-
<br />~~st of C~SPCr-3 YlycminS3 ~nd in th0 Guernsey Rcscrvoi~: 1947 cUPQcity
<br />49,150 CLcrc--fcct" 2 r.lilr;s north'.vcst of Cur.:-n1scy, "Wyoming.. Storsd
<br />\VCltcrs CL::C released from t~1o Gucrnsc;:/ RCSC1"Voir i::~:o ti1C river chcmncl
<br />:"nd tl:..cn di'Torted into the Intorsto::c Cc.r.n.l on the northJ fL"'1d into tho
<br />Fio Lo.ra.mic C~no.l on the soutjl by tllC ':Th~lcn Iii version Dam located
<br />c..t>out 42 miles u:,str'.:":~m from ':}~C 11c-:>rr'..:Jko. ~)ol...L."1dJ.ry" TJ~"c;3C t~"JO c,-"'.Dnls
<br />f\::"e the mCcjor cc.rriage fncili ties for ttc: pro~~c:ct. 80:"1c \"Jo_tcr 5_s
<br />pc~ss(:d at the ~."f1"!o..lcn Divcrsior:. ~;"'.r_-::, c.ccordi::1t; to demand, :'01" use dm.'l!.1-
<br />st,..cc.m by the Forthport IrriE;c.tion District CLnd by ':t'.rious 1.'~c,rren _~ct
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<br />16. The arc:n on the sou"l::;h side of the ri VCT, k-no':-m f~S the Ft.
<br />L~.rL:l\.ic Di~.r.l.sion. of tho north Plc~-I(,to F'l'oj\;ct, is directly conccrnc'rJ.
<br />1.':1 th the potential Bro.zicl Rcscrvciro The Ft. Lc..rnmic Cn~1D.l, YJ~lich
<br />h~s a dosigned carncity nt the hend of ~oout 1,5~0 second-feet, is 130
<br />miles in length and serves t.he t..,'JQ irrig.".tion districts thr.t compri.se
<br />the Ft~ L~rQmic Division.
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<br />17, Adn:inistrntion of the Goshen Inigation District (1':yo!:1inG)
<br />::'one! 0f th6 Gering & Ft" ID.rc..mie Ir::ig~tion District (Ncbr:'~s):~) \"Irts
<br />turned over to elected 0'Ticin1s of the t':IO districts on J<muary 1,
<br />1927, under the ~ct of December 5, 1924. In the contr~cts ef'f'3ctillg
<br />this tr~nsfer of responsibility, the P~thfinder and Guernsey
<br />Reser"Joirs,;l the Who..len Diversion DnJ:1, and the parler system, including
<br />the Linglo cilld Guernsey Hydroelectric Plants ,-,ere desi:;nc.ted c,s
<br />reseI'Ted "lorles to be operc.ted and mo.int~ined by the Bu,-ec.u of
<br />Recl:1.TTI:ttian... The Goshen IrriG::,.tion District contrn.ct :':'urther rc-:quires
<br />thc.t entity to act as the c.;enT. of the United Stat8s :'or delivering
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