Animas hydroelectric system, Colorado [17]

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Title Animas hydroelectric system, Colorado [17]
Photo Number P0206add2n01_12_023
Description Scan of a scrapbook page with an Animas Power and Water Company photo. Caption: "Construction gang, Substation." Probably a photo taken at the Silverton substation, where a transformer supplied power to local mines
Date 1911-10-15
Textual Date October 15, 1911
Keywords Rocky Mountain Power; Animas; Construction; Substation; Transformer; Silverton
Subject Animas Power and Water Company--Photographs; Electric substations--Colorado--San Juan County--Photographs; Animas Power and Water Company--Employees--Photographs; Construction workers--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Silverton (Colo.); San Juan County (Colo.)
Latitude 37.814444
Longitude -107.652467
Additional Information The Animas Canal, Reservoir, Water, Power and Investment Company was incorporated in 1902 for the purpose of building a hydroelectric power plant and supplying power to the mines in the Silverton mining district. The company was reorganized as the Animas Power and Water Company in 1905, and the first power was produced in May 1906. It later became part of the Western Colorado Power Company (organized in 1913). Its facilities included: Terminal Dam (created Electra Lake and stood from 1906 to 1980); Power Flume no. 1 (delivered water from Electra to Forebay Lake); Forebay Lake; the penstock (enclosed water pipe) that delivered water down a nearly 1,000-foot drop; the Tacoma Powerhouse by the Animas River, which housed the generators; and a 44,000-volt transmission line to a substation at Silverton.
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 400dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6b28m0s
Setname uum_map
ID 985524
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b28m0s
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