Animas hydroelectric system, Colorado [31]

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Title Animas hydroelectric system, Colorado [31]
Photo Number P0206add2n01_12_040-041
Description Scan of a scrapbook page with two Animas Power and Water Company photos with captions: "Dropping a section of pipe in in {sic} butt strap" and "pulling a section of pipe into place." Probably located in La Plata County, Colorado, uphill from the Tacoma power plant
Date 1906
Textual Date 1911
Keywords Rocky Mountain Power; Animas; Colorado; Pipe
Subject Animas Power and Water Company--Photographs; Water-pipes--Colorado--La Plata County--Photographs; Water-power--Colorado--La Plata County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Tacoma (Colo.); La Plata County (Colo.)
Latitude 37.524444
Longitude -107.787194
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/s6xp7wm8
Setname uum_map
ID 985349
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp7wm8
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