Add to ORKGOn October 15, 1956, at a signal given by President Dwight Eisenhower in Washington DC, a blast of dynamite filled the blue sky with dust and rock particles, marking the inauguration of the Flaming Gorge Dam. Over 80 persons in attendance watched with emotion as the event unfolded after years of hard work and effort to get this large river project off the gound
Excavation of the mountainside above the Green River was part of Flaming Gorge Dam construction
Photo shows a scene along the Green River in the Flaming Gorge area before construction of the dam, ...
Mrs L.B. Johnson with other dignitaries sitting under a pavillion, watching and participating in the...
At the signal from President Eisenhower, a case of dynamite is set off at the Flaming Gorge damsite ...
A ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Airport where President John F. Kennedy pressed the key that si...
A ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Airport where President John F. Kennedy pressed the key that si...
PX-400-302 PRESIDENT KENNEDY CONSERVATION TOUR. President John F. Kennedy and party stopped over in ...
The 502-foot-tall Flaming Gorge Dam backs up the waters of the Green River. It was dedicated in 1964...
PX-400-301 PRESIDENT KENNEDY CONSERVATION TOUR. President John F. Kennedy and party stopped over in ...
Delegates for the Upper Colorado River Storage Project speak to a crowd at the city park next to the...
Group of people attending and viewing the dedication of the Flaming Gorge Dam . Along the back of a ...
President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Salt Lake City airport Romey Field where a ceremony was hel...
Before the dam was started a tunnel was drilled through the mountain for water diversion while const...
Excavation of the mountainside above the Green River was part of Flaming Gorge Dam construction
Photo shows a scene along the Green River in the Flaming Gorge area before construction of the dam, ...
Mrs L.B. Johnson with other dignitaries sitting under a pavillion, watching and participating in the...
At the signal from President Eisenhower, a case of dynamite is set off at the Flaming Gorge damsite ...
A ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Airport where President John F. Kennedy pressed the key that si...
A ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Airport where President John F. Kennedy pressed the key that si...
PX-400-302 PRESIDENT KENNEDY CONSERVATION TOUR. President John F. Kennedy and party stopped over in ...
The 502-foot-tall Flaming Gorge Dam backs up the waters of the Green River. It was dedicated in 1964...
PX-400-301 PRESIDENT KENNEDY CONSERVATION TOUR. President John F. Kennedy and party stopped over in ...
Delegates for the Upper Colorado River Storage Project speak to a crowd at the city park next to the...
Group of people attending and viewing the dedication of the Flaming Gorge Dam . Along the back of a ...
President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Salt Lake City airport Romey Field where a ceremony was hel...
Before the dam was started a tunnel was drilled through the mountain for water diversion while const...
Excavation of the mountainside above the Green River was part of Flaming Gorge Dam construction
Photo shows a scene along the Green River in the Flaming Gorge area before construction of the dam, ...
Mrs L.B. Johnson with other dignitaries sitting under a pavillion, watching and participating in the...