| Title |
Animas hydroelectric system, Colorado [20] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n01_12_026-027 |
| Description |
Scan of a scrapbook page with two Animas Power and Water Company photos with captions: "Snowslide in Animas Canon {sic}" and "Snow storm of September 15, 1906. Heavy snow on telephone and transmission lines. Telephone line broke in 8 different places in 3 miles. This was storm that caused short circuit on both lines by breaking down insulators." Location probably below Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado |
| Date |
1906-09 |
| Textual Date |
September 15, 1906 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Animas; Colorado; Snow; Snowslide |
| Subject |
Animas Power and Water Company--Photographs; Electric lines--Colorado--San Juan County--Photographs; Avalanches--Colorado--San Juan County--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Juan County (Colo.) |
| 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/s6kh1d1r |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
985344 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh1d1r |
