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Show PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL VALLEY AND 143 GORE CANYON POWER SITE AND KREMMLING RESERVOIR. Gore Canyon is immediately below the Kremmling reservoir site, on upper Grand River, and is about 3£ 'miles long. The Central Colorado Power Co. investigated the feasibility of developing power in this canyon. In an 8-mile section of the river, beginning at the railroad station of Gore, the fall is 420 feet. Owing to the precipitous canyon walls, the river can not be feasibly diverted except into tunnel. By constructing a tunnel 24,000 feet long, a head of 411 feet can be obtained. By utilizing the Kremmling reservoir site a mean flow of 1,600 second-feet could be secured and about 60,000 brake horsepower could be developed. Kremmling reservoir would, be unsuitable for use in development of the lower Colorado, because it is located so far away and because such use is not compatible with the best development of the river on account of interference with power. The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad passes through the reservoir site and dam site, and larg^e expense will be involved in the removal of this should the reservoir be built. Existing power plants-Grand River, fnain stem. [E. C. La Rue; Water Supply Paper No. 395, p. 174.] Name.' I<ooation. Operating head. Installed capacity. Index No. Stream. State and county. , Kilowatts.1 Horsepower.* Spruce Creek.. . Spruce Creek.. COLORADO. Summit... Feet. 250 450 '700 10 Summit. Copnty , ,. , Snake Creek.. ...do...... 500 1.000 1.600 19 Shoshone...... » Grand River.. Garfield... 175 10 000 18,000 f4 Castle Creek............................. [Maroon Creek. ^Castle Creek... Pitkin___ ...do...... 356 340 400 400 I 2,900 424 |3 Yule Creek.............................. iHunter Creek. Yule Creek.... ...do...... Gunnison. 876 90 800 300 Crystal River......... Crystal River. .....do........ ...do....... Pitkin.... 390 1,300 65 1,750 85 <j Osgood..........................\.:.... 7 Rifle..........___.......... Rifle Creek___ Garfield... 70 150 , 247 8 Hinsdale . Lake Fork. Hinsdale. 65 200 160 17 Hidden Treasure........................ "Henson Creek. ...-do...... 90 128 321 16 15,193 26,187 1 Figures represent rated capacity of generators. 1 Figures represent rated capacity of water wheels. 2 Two plants. Known undeveloped power sites. [E. C. La Rue, Water Supply Paper No. 395/p. 181.] Name. Gore Canyon. Dewey....... Total. Stream. Grand River. .....do....... State. Colorado. Utah..... Estimate of available horsepower. 60,000 82,000 142,000 Index No. 25 24 |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |
