Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-06-28
POWER PR0JtCT
RESERVOIR TO HOLD 10000. 600
CUBIC FEET OF WATER.
GREAT DAM NEAR BOULDER
Three Hundred Men Are Now Working
On Dam to BE i40 Feet
HiOh.

great reservoir projects OF the Central
Colorado Power Company or the .iec-
trie and hydraulic. as IL is better
known. The plan of the company is
sinpcndous. and when completed Bcui-
der county will have on. OF the great
esi power plants In the world
The greatest inIcres, cenicrs In tho
work Of the new company. us II Is be-
Ing backed by the General Electric
Company. which hopes to supply tn.
entire northern section Of the state
with cheap power. produced by tur-
biEe-driysn engines. On the oIier han.
the plant Of the Northern Colorado
Power Company. Subsidiary cor
poration OF the westenghous.
Electric Company. located AT I-,-
fayctt.. will be In operation by the
cna of this month and will get a big
start over III. hydraulic company.
which will not be- In operation before
the LIST of June. 1905. and maybe later.
Reservoir at kederiand.
The plan Of the hydraulic and Eicc-
tric company includes the erection of
gigantic reservoir Mt Ncdcriand. the
piping of the wafer fSom this dam To
second reservoir at Magnolia. and then
this water will be conducted over tn.
mountain and drop 1900 feet to tho
power plant below. which is located GA
Boulder creek. about IA mile above Four
Mile creek.
Suiphidc fats. where tho Ncieriand
dam will be built. In located ON iiou'.
der creek. about n mile above the tnne.
rt.n camp. The valley nj this point
widcns out. forming natural basin
about thrcc-qunricrs OF mile across,
the old road to Eidora formerly ran
through the suich aion. the creek. but
has now been moved back ON the hill
side. ton feet above the level of tn.
wafer In the reservoir. At the caR,
.na Of the sit. the valley narrows an
III the water iushcs through "a pas
sage In the hills that Is less than 100
feet across.
At this Kpo, tho dam Will be erected.
II Will be built OF concrete. with "a
rock and dirt core. and will bc 72o
feet thick ut the bottom. Trcsilcs ars
| nearly completed on both sidcS Of ih.
I liam, ON which cars will be run -
| dump the materials. The hills curve
GRADUALLY IN front Of the dam. but nrc
rot high enough TO hold back the wntnT
| that Will be impoundcd. no that II VIII
b. necessary To raise tho wall about
twenty-five feet above them. The hl't
| oi. tho south forms almost natural
| spiilwny. In which about forty men ar"
now mt work digging out trench
| which will he sixty.thrcc feet Wide nt
the bottom aud eight feet deep. its
length Is $50 feet. and large Inina
| nj tho upper end will be operated by
| electricity. only being opened In noo!
| time or when the dam Is threatened.
The sides and bottom Will be rip
| raped ad then covered with cement
VIII Be iao Feet High.
The dam itself will be 40 feet high.
and loo feet long. II will back tho
water for about two miles. and will
ImI ound $4,000, 900 cubic feet Of wa-
| ter. About 100 men are now working
on the main dam. and more are bein-:
pui to work as fast as they can 30
| taken. Spring water is carried to the
camp In pipes. and an electric light
J plant Is being Installed, 30 that both
night and day shifts can bo run. a
| fiumc Mt the bottom of the dam wi'i
carry away the regular flow OF the
creek. the company intending To opcr-
ate solely with the food waters.
| enough coming down the canon In the
| spring to fll the reservoir In a short
| time.
| A steel and cement pipe will convey
| the water from this reservoir TO Sec
ond ono. to be erected on the hill east
| OF Magnolia. This will be storage
| reservoir. and little water will be tnken
In from the surrounding hills. the manu-
| supply coming in the pipe line. Two
miles OF steel pipe. weighing 100000
pounds, and strong enough to support
| a pressure OF 500 pounds to the squaie
inch. will carry the water frorn here 10
the power plant. 1900 feet below in
the canon.
A tramway alongside of the pipe line
will transport load OF eight tons. anu
will be operated by three plants OF ma
chinnery This tramway is early coin
pletcti, and a large force is engaged in
laying the pipe. which will be sixty
inches in diameter at the top. and na:-
row to forty.four inches at the bottom.
wnere 1t will be turned into imme ense
Pelion type water wheels, which VIII
generate 10000 horse power. A largo
SPACE has been cleared here for the
power plant, which is to be built on tho
hillside along the Boulder creek.
The magnitude of the work can DO
seen by the material that will be em-
ployed in the construction. Over $780,
OOC worth of machinery will be used.
including three seventy-ton stcain
shovels, six locomotives. $50 cars, steel
concrete mixers and rock crushers cap
able OF daily output of 500 yards Oh
concrete, and several derricks.
Railroad Builds Spur.
The Colorado & Northwestern rais
road has found It necessary to build Il
spur into the reservoir. the track be
ing about two miles long. When this
is finished the company will be able 10
receive its supplies several days ear
lier than at present, and the work VIII
be vastly facilitated.
When the work is completed BouI-
nil hnu ~