Day 39 (D-22) Page, Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell
Page, Arizona was created in 1957 to house the workers and their families during the construction of nearby Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. Its 44 km2 site was obtained in a land exchange with the Navajo Indian tribe. The tribe was given land in New Mexico in exchange for this site that would become Page, a city at the top of Manson Mesa (a mountain summit) at an elevation of 1300 m and 180 m above Lake Powell. 2018 population of Page: 7247 of which 57% is white and 34% Native American.
Before you read about Lake Powell, maybe you would like to take a look. My travellers have the possibility of flying over Lake Powell. Would you like to have the experience in front of your computer screen? So beautiful. I repeat: travelers may prefer to wait until June.
Before you read about Lake Powell, maybe you would like to take a look. My travellers have the possibility of flying over Lake Powell. Would you like to have the experience in front of your computer screen? So beautiful. I repeat: travelers may prefer to wait until June.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esgjC6gpSmg
Glen Canyon Dam / Lake Powell
Page has become the gateway to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell, attracting more than 3 million visitors per year.
Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1964, is the second-tallest concrete-arch dam in the United States, after Hoover Dam.
It provides water storage for the southwestern United States, to generate electricity for the region's growing population, and to provide water recreation opportunities. The dam generates 6% of the total electricity generated in Arizona and 13% of that generated in Utah where most of Lake Powell lies.
Page is in fact the home of two of the largest electrical generation units in the western United States. Glen Canyon Dam has a 1,288,000 kilowatts capacity when fully online. The other power plant to the southeast is the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired steam plant with an output capability of 2,240, 000 kilowatts.
Damming the Colorado river flooded Glen Canyon and created the large reservoir called Lake Powell.
More cinema: Did you know that parts of the 1968 film The Planet of the Apes were shot here around Page? As a little diversion, I'm sure you'll enjoy watching this filming location video. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_pHzBwN8M
Amazing.
My best,
Jane
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VOCABULARY
--dam = "barrage"
--gateway = entrance
--gateway = entrance
--coal = "charbon"
--steam = "vapeur"
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