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<br />Construction Begins <br /> <br />'.q.4TMDcloo..S....,T.b1l'odoJ'.AWi....123, 19$4 <br /> <br />D%res Project <br /> <br /> <br />T'MbWoId.enplocled&llGIIJF. Altll\JOOl""'8U1dearll>lltllcV.ul'1"alIllO,el~lOlhe"""""b~, <br /> <br />They came and blew up the hillsides_ They removed <br />millions of yards of dirt They rut the valley sides down to <br />the solid rod< base. The base they would hook into for the <br />dun, <br />They built a dam. Not McPhee dam at first, but a <br />divenion dam to keep the Dolores Rivet'" out of the way. ^ <br />diwnion dam that in itself could create quite a reservoir. <br />Guy F. Atkinson Construction hauled away dirt, brought <br />dirt back in, switched around channels and changed the <br />course of the Dolores River almost daily. The "",lley d'lansed <br />so mud'! in one week that it was unrecognizable as the same <br />valley the next week. <br /> <br /> <br />""_Jalb.,.lnId.f;lI>O\'edilllOballltMlIIllIIaooloal)"&tdtalltift. <br /> <br /> <br />- . <br /> <br />-, <br />0, <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />.... <br />.~~ ' <br />u~&.J <br />.... ~~ <br /> <br />- - <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />",..;...- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />l ,- <br /> <br />,. . <br />~'." <br />'<;f.:~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'1........'- <br />..~- ~ <br />. -... <br />~~.~~if.'Z~_ __ _'~' _. ~ r .. :..; <br />--.. i--"'t';,~ ~-~ "Ii <br />. "1:-~~. [t)', <br />~t~':':'~..',,;_ ~_ <br />.- <br /> <br /> <br />.--d&II:lhad"'bclhlOkft1ltllc~~oalofIM"'J. <br />