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<br />lr.. <br />~ <br />~ <br />'.... <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />BOUlDER CAnYOn PROJECT <br />B~ (}4, Jtt~ <br /> <br />PRINCIPAL OFFICERS <br /> <br />Oscar L. Chapman <br />Michael W. Straus <br />E. A. Moritz <br />L. R. Douglass <br /> <br />Secretary of the Interior <br />Commissioner of Reclamation <br />Regional Director, Region 3 <br />Director of Power <br /> <br />OPERATING AGENTS <br /> <br />Washington. D. C. <br />Washington, D. C. <br />Boulder City, Nevada <br />Boulder City, Nevada <br /> <br />(For Operation and Maintenance of Generating and Transmission Machinery and Equipment) <br /> <br />Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. <br />Southern California Edison Company, Los Angeles, California. <br /> <br />BAsrc ALLOCATION OF FIRM ENERGY <br /> <br />Allottee <br /> <br />Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, California <br />City of Los Angeles, California <br />City of Burbank, California. <br />City of Glendale, California <br />City of Pasadena, California <br />State of Nevada . . <br />State of Arizona . . <br />Southern California Edison Company, Los Angeles, California. <br />California Electric Power Company. Los Angeles, California . <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />Legislative Authorization: <br /> <br />Boulder Canyon Project Act, Dec. 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057) <br />Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 774) <br /> <br />PHYSICAL CHATlACTERISTlCS OF THE PLANT <br /> <br />Per Cent <br />Allotted <br /> <br />35.2517 <br />17.5554 <br />.5773 <br />1. 8475 <br />1. 5847 <br />17.6259 <br />17.6259 <br />7.0503 <br />.8813 <br /> <br />100.0000 <br /> <br />Reservoir-Lake Mead <br /> <br />Hoover Dam <br /> <br />Storage Capacity: 32,359,000 acre-feet <br />Length: 115 Miles <br />Shoreline: 550 Miles <br />Area: 229 Square Miles <br /> <br />Height: 726.4 feet <br />Length: <br />At Crest: 1,244 feet <br />At Base: 660 feet <br />Width: <br />At Crest: 45 feet <br />Volume of Concrete: 3,250.000 cubic yards <br /> <br />HOOVER POWER PLANT <br /> <br />Structure: <br /> <br />GeneratinR Equipment: <br /> <br />Capacity" Installed <br />Capacity - Under Construction <br />Capacity - Future <br />Capacity - Ultimate <br /> <br />No. of Units R (Ultimate) <br />15 generators <br />1 generator <br />1 generator <br />2 generators <br />(Station service) <br /> <br />Type - Concrete, U -Shaped <br /> <br />Wing Dimensions: 120 feet by 650 feet <br />by 230 feet high <br /> <br />I, 034, 800 KW <br />2t5. 000 KW <br />82,500 KW <br />1.332.300 KW <br /> <br />82.500 KW each <br />50, 000 KW <br />40, 000 KW <br />2.400 KW each <br />