At a bid opening held on April 1, 1959, at Vernal, Utah, for the construction of Stanaker (Steinaker) Dam, Morrison-Knudsen Company submitted an apparent low bid of $1,659,428.75. This earth dam will be constructed just north of Vernal, Utah. Ashley Creek will be diverted from its source to store water in the Stanaker (Steinaker) Reservoir. From left to right are: Parley Neeley, Project Manager, Central Utah Project, USBR, Spanish Fork, Utah; C.H. Carter, Asst. Regional Director, USBR, SLC, Utah; Alton Peterson, Construction Engineer, Stanaker Unit, Vernal, Utah; A.L. Roarck, Area Manager, and Howard J. Bellows, Area Engineer, both of Morrison-Knudsen Company, SLC, Utah.
Bids for construction of Stanaker (Steinaker) Dam near Vernal, Utah, were opened on April 1, 1959, at Vernal. Apparent low bidder was Morrison-Knudsen Company with a figure of $1,659,428.75. THe bids were opened by Alton Peterson, Construction Engineer for Stanaker (Steinaker) Dam. From left to right at the table are: Bill Hall, surveyor, Vernal, Utah; Elmer Davis, materials engineer, USBR, Vernal, Utah; Alton Peterson; Sharold Adams (hidden), office engineer, USBR, Vernal, Utah. The dam is an earthfill structure which will impound water diverted from Ashley Creek. Among those in the audience in the front row are William Wallis, Don Showalter and Ralph Ashton.
At a bid opening held at Vernal, Utah, on April 1, 1959, for construction of Stanaker (Steinaker) Dam, an earthfill structure to be located near Vernal, Morrison-Knudsen Company was apparent low bidder with a figure of $1,659,428.75. This is a blackboard account of all the bidders and their respective bids.
Mr. Alton Peterson who was appointed Construction Engineer for Stanaker (Steinaker) Dam, an earthfill structure to be built just north of Vernal, Utah.
Bids for construction of Stanaker (Steinaker) Dam near Vernal, Utah, were opened April 1, 1959, at Vernal. Apparent low bidder was Morrison-Knudsen Company with a figure of $1,659,428.75. The earthfill structure located just north of Vernal will impound water diverted from Ashley Creek. At the table opening bids from left to rigthtare: Sharold Adams, office engineer, USBR; Alton Peterson, construction engineer, USBR, Stanaker Unit; Elmer Davis, materials engineer, USBR, (hidden), and Bill Hall, surveyor, USBR. Recording the bids on the blackboard is Don K. Dunkley, Civil Engineer, USBR, Spanish Fork, Utah. Interested onlookers at the left are Parkley Neeley, project manager, CUP, Spanish Fork, Utah; and S.H. Carter, assistant regional director, USBR, SLC, Utah.
Bids for construction of Stanaker (Steinaker) Dam near Vernal, Utah, were opened on April 1 1959, at Vernal. Apparent low bidders was Morrison-Knudsen Company with a figure of $1,659,428.75. The earthfill structure located just norht of Vernal will impound water diverted from Ashley Creek. At the table opening bids from left to right are: Sharold Adams, office engineer, USBR; Alton Peterson, construction engineer, Stanaker (Steinaker) unit; Elmer Davis, marterials engineer, USBR (hidden); and Bill Hall, surveyor, USBR; Recording the bids on the blackboard is Don K. Dunkley, civil engineer, USBR, Spanish Fork, Utah. Interested onlookers at the left are Parley Neeley, project manager, CUP, Spanish Fork, Utah; and C.H. Carter, assistant regional director, USBR, SLC, Utah.
View of the Fort Thornburgh Diversion Damsite (Steinaker). Photo taken from Stanaker (Steinaker) Feeder Canal Station 3+25. The car is near canal station 1+18.
Looking downstream along Stanaker (Steinaker) Feeder Canal from P.I. Station 18+52. The line runs a few feet to the left of the wooden building shown in foreground.
Artists rendition of Steinaker Dam and Reservoir.
At the site of Steinaker (Stanaker) Dam, where a farmstead had recently been vacated, 1,500 people attended the ground breaking ceremony.
Steinaker Draw before the construction of Steinaker Dam
Groundbreaking for the Steinaker Dam with Joe Steinaker looking on – May 21, 1959
Completed dam on Steinaker Draw
Steinaker Dam complete and awaiting first fill
B. H. Stringham, president of the Uintah Water Conservancy District, and L. Y. Siddoway, secretary, present a check to F. M. Clinton, Salt Lake Regional Director of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, for the first Vernal Unit project payment..
Due to potentially liquefiable soils at the base of Steinaker Dam, a seismic berm was constructed on the downstream toe
Weeminuchee Construction Authority was hired in 2018 to reconstruct the dam’s right abutment after a slide was noticed on the upstream face