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Grand Valley Project

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The Bureau of Reclamation begins construction on the Grand Valley Project near Grand Junction, creating several canals, a dam, and a power plant to support the region’s burgeoning fruit industry.

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Grand Valley

The Grand Valley, named for the Colorado River—once known as the “Grand River”—that runs through it, is located on the Western Slope of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Averaging 4,700 feet in elevation and roughly twelve miles in width, the arid valley…
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