The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., January 30, 1958, page 1

SITE SELECTED FOR JOHN DAY DAM BY CORPS

     Official approval has been given the river mile 215.6 location for the John Day dam, according to announcement made by Col. Myron E. Page Jr., district engineer, Walla Walla. The site selection was confirmed at a joint meeting in Portland last week attended by representatives of the chief of engineers in Washington, the North Pacific division and the Walla  Walla district.
     The decision will clear the way for early advertisement for bids on access road construction work. Only phase of planning still pending is that pertaining to the number of skeleton units to be included in detailed designing of the structure.
     Present dam design proposal was said to call for a dam 105 feet high, creating a reservoir 77 miles long, extending to the tailrace of McNary dam. Power would be generated by 12 units of 108,700 kilowatts each. Estimated cost of the dam is from $350,000,000 up, depending upon the number of skeleton units to he installed.

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