Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Permanent |
Catalog Number |
1981.004.002 |
Object Name |
Booklet |
Title |
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and Colorado Big Thompson Project Progress Project Published by Typographical Union Label Tribune, Greeley, CO. |
Scope & Content |
White cover with title in printed black text: "Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District / and / Colorado Big Thompson Project / Progress Project / January 1950". Also features black and white photography of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel with caption "Looking from East Portal of Adams Tunnel / Toward Entrance of Aspen Creek Siphon". Front features hand-written text in black ink "Library / Estes Park" and black ink stamps "Jul 25 1972" and "Public Library / Estes Park, Colorado". Published by the Typographical Union Label Tribune from Greeley, Colorado. Interior content features report with background, history, Bureau report, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, repayment contract, project operation plan, repayment plan, water distribution, appropriations, status, project construction, construction summary, future plans (the Bureau and the District), additional allotments, district finances, general summary statement, and project statistics. Also features cost breakdowns of each project, statistics acreage, black and white photos, and black and red topographical area map of all projects in the Colorado Big Thompson Project. Reverse features 4 black and white photos of agricultue and irrigation. Printed black text in the middle of photos reads "Irrigation". |
Search Terms |
1950s Colorado Colorado Big Thompson Project Estes Park Water Alva B. Adams Tunnel Power Plant Dam Maps Olympus Dam Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Bureau of Reclamation |
Subjects |
Colorado Big Thompson Project |
Dates of Creation |
January 1950 |
Updated |
2025-05-05 |
Date |
January 1950 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1950s |