Glen Canyon DamUnited States. Bureau of Reclamation
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Glen Canyon Dam
United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
The 186-mile-long Glen Canyon Reservoir (Lake Powell) will extend
upstream into Cataract Canyon. The lake and adjoining lands have been
established as the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area under the
National Park Service of the Department of the Interior. This is the
status of Lake Mead and its environs behind Hoover Dam.
The Park Service will soon undertake construction of recreational
facilities for public use as Lake Powell begins to fill in 1962. The
Glen Canyon Recreation Area promises to become one of the Nation’s
outstanding tourist attractions.
[Illustration: _Lake Powell, behind Glen Canyon Dam, will be flanked
by varied and beautiful scenery._]
[Illustration: _The first placement of concrete—June 17, 1960._]
[Illustration: Aerial view of dam and town]
HIGHWAYS TO GLEN CANYON DAM.—Excellent, new, paved highways have been
built to the Glen Canyon damsite. A 76-mile highway through the highly
scenic area has been built from Kanab, Utah, to the damsite. A new
25-mile highway extends northward from Bitter Springs to the damsite.
Both of these highway links connect with the Glen Canyon Bridge to form
a new link in U.S. Highway 89. The Glen Canyon Bridge was completed in
February 1959.
DISTANCES TO GLEN CANYON FROM:
Kanab, Utah 76 miles
Flagstaff, Arizona 135 miles
(Flagstaff and Marysvale, Utah, 190 miles from the
damsite, are nearest railheads.)
Cedar City, Utah 161 miles
Phoenix, Arizona 300 miles
Salt Lake City, Utah 384 miles
National Parks:
Zion 100 miles
Bryce 138 miles
Grand Canyon, North Rim 124 miles
Grand Canyon, South Rim 142 miles
• _Two 16 mm. color, sound films_, Canyon Conquest _and_ Key to the
Future, _are available upon request for showing to school and civic
groups, clubs, and other public gatherings. Both films show men and
machines at work on this challenging Reclamation project. Send your
requests to: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
P.O. Box 360, Salt Lake City 10, Utah. Eastern area residents may
write to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
Washington 25, D.C._
_[1961—REVISED]_
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1960 OF—574577
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GLEN CANYON DAM
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, STUART L. UDALL, SECRETARY
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, FLOYD E. DOMINY, COMMISSIONER
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