McPhee changed everything

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McPhee changed everything

Dream took shape when Dolores Water Conservancy formed in 1961
Rocks are loaded up to be taken to the dam.
A GREAT KIVA named singing shelter, was discovered by the Dolores archeological program.
CONSTRUCTION on the Dolores Project officially started in 1980.
UNDERGROUND workers underground labor on the Dolores Project.
Mud covers the face of a worker who was inside digging out the tunnel that brings water from McPhee south toward Cortez.
A crane lifts materials to the top of the outlet tower during construction. Only the top of the tower is visible above the water today.
Circles of light fill the tunnel after the concrete was poured and it was ready for water to flow.
Today McPhee Reservoir provides irrigation, domestic water, recreation and a place for Canada Geese to flock.
Today McPhee Reservoir provides irrigation, domestic water, recreation and a place for Canada geese to flock.

McPhee changed everything

Rocks are loaded up to be taken to the dam.
A GREAT KIVA named singing shelter, was discovered by the Dolores archeological program.
CONSTRUCTION on the Dolores Project officially started in 1980.
UNDERGROUND workers underground labor on the Dolores Project.
Mud covers the face of a worker who was inside digging out the tunnel that brings water from McPhee south toward Cortez.
A crane lifts materials to the top of the outlet tower during construction. Only the top of the tower is visible above the water today.
Circles of light fill the tunnel after the concrete was poured and it was ready for water to flow.
Today McPhee Reservoir provides irrigation, domestic water, recreation and a place for Canada Geese to flock.
Today McPhee Reservoir provides irrigation, domestic water, recreation and a place for Canada geese to flock.
Inside & online

Stories on the archaeological impact, recreation and more, Pages 6, 7.
For more historic photos of the Dolores Project go online to cortezjournal.com and click on the stories.

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