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<br />oarl,'!':') <br />(II) .' <br /> <br />KORTES UNIT <br /> <br />Description: Kortes Dam and Power Plant on the North Platte <br />River, will provide increased power production by t~{ing advantage <br />of all feasible differences in head between the Seminoe Reservoir <br />and the Pathfinder Reservoir. The dam will be a concrete gravity <br />structure 230 feet above the foundation and having a crest length <br />of 440 feet. The spillway will have a capacity of 50,000 second- <br />feet. The reservoir created will have a capacity of 5,000 acre- <br />feet and flood an area of about 100 acres. The power plant will <br />have a generating capacity of 36,000 kilowatts. A 1l5,000-volt <br />power line will be constructed from Seminoe to Kortes power plant <br />and will continue north to Casper, and thence east to Guernsey, <br />Wyomin/::; Gering, Nebraska; and Sidney, Nebraska, where it will con- <br />nect w1th the proposed li5,00o-volt system of the Colorado-Big Thompson <br />Project. <br /> <br />Construction of Kortes Dam and Power Plant started Hay 25, 1911> <br />with the award of the prime contract to Harrison-Knudsen Com?8nY for <br />$4,688,000. The value of this contract has now been revised to <br />$6,570,902. The difficulty and increased quantity of scaling opera- <br />tions, to[;8ther with material shortages, labor troubles, and adverse <br />weather conditions have all contributed to the delay in completing <br />this dem. <br /> <br />The total cost of Kortes Unit is estimated at $11,781,000. The <br />total cost to June 30, 1949 was ~p9i349,9?4. Of the $3,641,231 ex- <br />pended during fiscal year 1949, $2,533,016 or 70 percent was in the <br />form of p~ents to the contractors. <br /> <br />The following is a brief comparison of the fiscal year 1949 pro- <br />gram vg. accomplishments. A graphic representation of the work pe~ <br />formed during the year is shown on the opposite ~age. <br /> <br />Prol!Tam FYL.9 <br /> <br />Funds available - $5,018,880. <br /> <br />Permanent improvements; includ- <br />ing housing, roads and utilities <br />lrere scheduled for completion. <br /> <br />Construction of Kortes Dam was <br />48 percent complete at the start <br />of the year and \{as scheduled <br />to be 63 percent complete at the <br />end. <br /> <br />Accomplishments FY49 <br /> <br />Costs to June 30, 1949 - $3,641,231. <br /> <br />All residences and other improve- <br />ments at the government camp <br />were completed. <br /> <br />The dam and power plant contract <br />was 61.4 percent complete with <br />84.9 percent of the time elapsed. <br /> <br />27 <br />