, 1923-02-11
Frannie, Wildwood and
Heart Mountain Are
Other Sections Of
Project.

Tho shoshone Project of tho q. S.
Reclamation Service consists of four
divisions as approved for coustruc.
ton. namely, the Garland. Frannie.
wildwood and Heart Mountain. Work
thus Ear has been largely on the Gar.
lam Division embracing some %. 900
ACRE of land. of which area Powell is
the distributing point. and the Fran.
ME Division, embracing some $4,000
acre in the vicinity of Beaver and
Frannie. Wyoming. Water is now
available for all Of the land in the
Garland Division and for rs, 900 acres
OF the Frannie Division, or a total Of
Il 1000 acres.
On July l. 1922 work was started on
the construction of the wildwood Di.
vision Dam on the Shoshone River,
about IL miles southwest of Powell.
This dam viii be a concrete structure,
having a maximum height of 65 feet,
and will divert water for some $4,000
acres of land on the wildwood Divl.
sion. The lands of this division are
located on the south side of the Sho-
shone river. and are considered to be
some of the most desirable lands IN
this section. The center of the divi-
sion is almost directly south of Powell
and distant from Powell approximate
ly four miles. A steel highway
bridge is now being constructed Joint.
ly by the U. S. Reclamation and Park
county across the Shoshone river, d.
rectly south of Powell. This bridge
will provide means for hauling ma.
terials for the construction OF the
canal system from Powell, and will
also provide a means for the future
settlers on this division to go to and
from Powell in connection with their
farming operations. 1t is probable
that this land will be opened for set.
Element in 1929 or 1924.
The Heart Mountain Division will
embrace some $4,000 acres Of excep.
honally good land. located on the
north side of the Shoshone. river and
extending from Cody, wyoming, { 0 a
POINT some four miles northwest or
Powell, lying above the lands of the
Garland division. No work has as yet
been undertaken on this division.
The water supply for tho project is
without doubt one Of the best In all
OF the arid west. This is obtained by
direct Flow from the Shoshone river
and also from storage provided In the
reservoir, formed by the Shoshone
dam This dam is located on the Sho.
ahone river, 81 miles west of Powell.
Wyoming, and is one OF the three
highest dams in the world. The max
imum height IS 1928 feet. and 1t i'm
pounds some $4,000 acre feet, or
enough TO cover 712 sections OF land
n foot deep with water. Water is
released from the reservoir and al.
lowed to how down the Shoshone
river 16 miles, where It is diverted by
the Corbett division dam into the
Corbett tunnel. This tunnel Is 3 10
indies long and carries 1000 cubic feet
Of water per second for irrigating the
lands In the Garland and Frannle dl:
visions. From the outlet of the tun.
mol the water Is carried through can
ais and laterals and delivered and
measured to each of over 1000 farms.
For the lands of the wildwood dIvi.
sion the water will be carried 8 miles
further down the river. below the
Corbett dam. to the wildwood dam.
and VIII there be diverted onto the
lands Of that division.
Diversion for the lands Of the pro.
posed Heart Mountain division will
probably be made at tho Shoshone
dam. but no construction work on
this feature is planned at this time.
Some 500 feet below the shoshone
dam the reclamation service has re-
Gently completed the construction Of
. hydro-elsctric power plant, to de-
velop 6.4oo horsepower. Water is
supplied from the reservoir above the
dam for the operation OF the plant.
Power lines have been constructed to
Powell and on through the project to
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