DT Data Page #

559

Newspaper

Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date

7/25/1956

Page #

N/A

Item Type

Dam

Place

Ukiah Mendocino Sonoma

Text

Coyote Dam near Ukiah. Ground was broken yesterday for construction of Coyote Dam. Col. John. A. Graf, COE, S.F. District Engineer. Estimated cost = $7,467,750 and should be completed in 3 years. It will be an earthen structure 163' high 3500' long, capable of impounding 122,550 A. F. It is a flood control project and will also provide irrigation water for Mendocino and Sonoma Counties.

Key Words

Col. John A. Graf, Dam, Irrigation

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