Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Permanent |
Catalog Number |
1981.053.001 |
Object Name |
Booklet |
Title |
Colorado Big Thompson Project |
Scope & Content |
Paperback booklet titled "The Colorado Big Thompson Project". Tan paper cover with black illustrated area map of the Big Thompson Project by the United States Bureasu of Reclamation, (Region 7, South Platte River District). Map on cover is dated in purple ink: "AUG 20 1949". Text is typed in black ink. Interior features table of contents, general description, agriculture, specific projects, black and white photographs, black and white map and black and white diagram. Photograph subjects include: irrigation using siphon tubes, Granby Dam and Pump Plant, Shadow Mountain camp and Dam, west portal of Alva B. Adams tunnel, Mary's Lake Reservoir, Estes Park Powerplant, and Lake Estes. Diagram is of the project profile with each power plant, dam, etc labeled. Map features topographical area of the Colorado Big Thompson Project (from Kremmling (west), east of Greeley, Denver and north of Fort Collins. Reverse is blank. |
Search Terms |
1940s Estes Park Colorado Colorado Big Thompson Project Power Plant Dam Lake Estes Marys Lake Maps Bureau of Reclamation |
Subjects |
Colorado Big Thompson Project |
Dates of Creation |
August 20, 1949 |
Updated |
2025-04-28 |
Date |
August 20 1949 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1940s |