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Nantahala Dam - Located on the Nantahala River near the city of Nantahala, North Carolina, this project was completed in 1942. It is a rockfill type dam with a structural height of 250 ft. and a crest length of 1,042 ft. The volume content of the dam is 2, 260, 000 cubic yards. The reservoir's name is Nantahala also and it has a capacity of 134,000 acre-feet. The purpose for building the dam was power and the installed power capacity is 43,200 kw, The owner is Nantahala Power and Light Company and the purpose for building the dam was power and the installed power capacity is 43,200 kw. The owner is Nantahala Power and Light Company and the project was engineered by the Aluminum Company of America. Approximate cost of this project was $6,100,000. Nantahala Water Tunnels in North Carolina for the Nantahala Power and Light Company (Alcoa). The cost of this project was included in the project above. Delaware Aqueduct and Tunnels - A seven-mile section of the 85 mile pressure tunnel that forms a portion of the Delaware Aqueduct was constructed by Utah Construction Company on a $10,829,530 contract with the city of New York. The aqueduct brings water from the headwater tributaries of the Delaware River, to augment the supplies from the city's Craton Falls and Cats kill systems, and the total project cost more than $275,000,000. Utah's contract included seven miles of the main circular tunnel, plus two 350-foot access shafts and appurtenant works; it was completed in 1942. The tunnel was ex- cavated to a diameter of 20 feet, allowing a 2-1/2 foot reinforced concrete lining for a finished inside diameter of 15 feet. Depth of the tunnel below ground surface varies from 300 to 1500 feet, with much of it below sea level. Nantahala Powerplant in North Carolina for the Nantahala Power and Light Company (Alcoa) Cost included in total project. Madera Canal - This portion of the California Central Valley Project, Friant Division, is an 8-1/2 mile section of the Madera Canal, generally 1 0 feet wide at bottom and approximately 9 feet deep. Utah Construction Company completed it in 1942 for the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation on a $402, 000 contract, excavating approximately 600, 000 cubic yards of earth and rock. 22, 000 cubic yards of concrete were placed in the lining and seventeen structures, including small form bridges, three highway bridges, and three reinforced concrete siphons. Conchos Canal - Utah Construction Company's contract provided for a 17 mile section of the Conchos Canal 24 feet wide at bottom and carrying water to a depth of 8-1/2 feet and 35 miscellaneous structures, including 14 siphons and three bridges . Completed in 1942, as a part of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Tucumiori Project in New Mexico. The canal is a unit in the distribution system for water impounded by the Conchos Dam.