Central Utah Project

Year Published: 1963

Creator: Department of Defense.

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37152 / Local Identifier 115.125 - Central Utah Project - Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. (05/18/1981 - ). Starvation Dam site as seen from hill. Band plays at ceremony. Senator Frank Moss, Congressman Wayne Aspinall & Commissioner of Reclamation Floyd Dominy converse. Crowd at ceremony. Aspinall, Dominy, Gov. Calvin Rampton and Leo Brady (Central Utah Water Conservancy District), press buttons to set off blast. Blast is seen on distant hillside. Start of ceremony, Pledge of Allegiance. Ute Indians dance in front of speakers' stand. -- Operator at control of mole. Mole head drilling tunnel, as seen by operator. -- Currant Creek Dam. Long shot from hill. Trucks going toward embankment. -- Soldier Creek Reservoir (low), as seen from hillside. Huge blast as virtually all of reservoir explodes, hopefully all "trash" fish. -- Strawberry Dam, as seen looking northwest. Pan to spillway flowing. Worker at spillway intake cleans fish screens. Small fish in lake. Strawberry Reservoir.