| Title |
Cascade Station, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n03_01_001 |
| Description |
Cascade Creek diverting dam and Cascade Flume during period of low water. Elevation 9000 ft. It was built in 1905-1906 to provide water to Cascade Reservoir (now Electra Lake) and the Tacoma Power Plant on the Animas River |
| Date |
1910 |
| Textual Date |
About 1910 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; San Juan Water and Power Company; Cascade Creek; Dams; Flumes; Cascade Creek |
| Subject |
Dams--Colorado--San Juan County--Photographs; Flumes--Colorado--San Juan County--Photographs; Water-power--Colorado--San Juan County--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Cascade Creek (San Juan County, Colo.); San Juan National Forest (Colo.) |
| Latitude |
37.667111 |
| Longitude |
-107.822428 |
| Additional Information |
Cascade Creek diversion dam and flume are in southern San Juan County, Colorado. San Juan Water and Power Company operated this facility in the early 20th century. Incorporated in 1909 and based at Silverton, San Juan County, the company provided cheap electrical power to the San Juan Mining District around Silverton, as well as to Durango. By 1914, it had become part of Western Colorado Power Company, a predecessor of Rocky Mountain Power |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0206 Rocky Mountain Power Company Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Rocky Mountain Power Company |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| Finding Aid |
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv479461 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 400 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6183zf4 |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
986966 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6183zf4 |
