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Show Crystal Springs-Caliente Highway in Nevada for the Nevada Highway Department in the amount of $116,000. Lockes Highway in Nevada for the Nevada Highway Department in the amountof $141,000 North Pacific Highway in Idaho for the U. S, Bureau of Public Roads in the amount of $163,000. 1937 Projects completed during this period were: Taylor Park Dam - Located on the Taylor River near the city of Gunnison, Colorado, this project was completed in 1937. It is an earthfill type dam with a structural height of 2 04 feet and a crest length of 675 feet. The volume content of the dam is 1,115,000 cubic yards, The reservoir's name is Taylor Park also and has a reservoir capacity of 106,230 acre feet. Purpose for construction of the dam was irrigation. The owner of the project is the Bureau of Reclamation and the work was engineered by them also. The dam was constructed by a joint venture composed of Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc.; H. J. Kaiser Co.; W, A. Bechtel Corp.; and Utah. Approximate cost of this project was $1,175,000. Los Angeles Aqueduct in California for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California in the amount of $979,000. The Tonapak Highway in Nevada for the Nevada Highway Department in the amount of $5l,500. The Owyhee National Forest Highway in Nevada for the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in the amount of $46,500. Dinner Station Highway in Nevada for the Nevada Highway Department in the amount of $50,000. Elko-Vivian Highway in Nevada for the Nevada Highway Department in the amount of $466,000. 1938 Projects completed during this period were; Seminoe Dam - Located on the North Platte river near the town of Rawlins in Wyoming, this project was completed in 1939. It is an arch type dam with a structural height of 295 feet and a crest length of 530 feet. The reservoir name is Seminoe also and has a capacity of 1,012,000 acre-feet. Purposes for construction of the dam were irrigation and power. The installed power capacity is 32,400 kw. The owner of the project was the |