Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
88th Congress 1963-1964, 1963-1964
Series
Identifier: M085.02
Scope and Contents
Series 2 of 11 covers the 88th Congressional Session, 1963-1964. Dominick served in the House of Representatives in this Congressional Session, and was elected in 1964 to the Senate
Dates:
1963-1964
Representative Peter H. Dominick celebrates the passage of legislation authorizing the construction of the Frying Pan-Arkansas Project with fellow Colorado congressmen in 1962, 1962
Item
Identifier: M085.09.0186.0027.00001
Abstract
Congressman Dominick (R-Colo.) stands with other members of Colorado's congressional delegation in an unidentified location. The congressmen all hold frying pans to signify passage of Public Law 87-590 (77 Stat. 393) in August, 1962, which authorized the construction of the Frying Pan-Arkansas water reclamation project. The project, which is overseen by the United States Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, created a transmountain, transbasin diversion of water from the Frying Pan...
Dates:
1962
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