View of a concrete dam on Henson Creek near the former town of Henson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. The abandoned hydroelectric dam has a large metal overflow pipe.
Henson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Henson Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dams--Colorado--Henson--1960-1970.; Streams--Colorado--Henson--1960-1970.
View of construction at Green Mountain Dam in Summit County, Colorado; cars are by graded earth, diversion channels, and the Blue River.
Blue River (Colo. : river)--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
View of construction at Green Mountain Dam in Summit County, Colorado; shows graded earth, scaffolding, and power lines. Cirrus and cumulus clouds span the sky.
Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
View of worker's housing at the Green Mountain Dam construction site in Summit County, Colorado; shows canvas tents, the Blue River, a bridge, snow, mountains, and clouds.
Blue River (Colo. : river)--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Labor housing--Colorado--Summit...
View of Green Mountain Dam construction in Summit County, Colorado; shows graded earth, snow, mountains, and clouds.
Blue River (Colo. : river)--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
View of Green Mountain Dam construction in Summit County, Colorado; shows quarried rock, a canal with the Blue River, a tunnel, and sheds.
Blue River (Colo. : river)--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Canals--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Summit...
View of the construction of the John Martin Dam on the Arkansas River near Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado; shows earth moving machinery, cranes, a faceted concrete plant with an elevator, and sheds.
Bent County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; John Martin Reservoir Dam (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.
View of the construction of the John Martin Dam near Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado; shows a faceted concrete plant with a hopper and an elevator. A crane is in the distance.
Bent County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; John Martin Reservoir Dam (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.
View of construction at the John Martin Reservoir Dam near Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado; shows a loading chute at the concrete plant, tracks, hopper cars, and a crane.
Bent County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; John Martin Reservoir Dam (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Concrete products industry--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.
View of the construction of the John Martin Dam near Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado; men in hard hats work by concrete forms and a pier with a crane on it.
Bent County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; John Martin Reservoir Dam (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.
View of the Green Mountain Dam construction site in Summit County, Colorado. Shows graded earth, automobiles, mountains and possibly a construction roller.
Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows automobiles, graded earth, crane and winding roads.
Earthmoving machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows construction equipment with grade rollers and leveled earth.
Earthmoving machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows leveled earth, construction vehicles with rollers, dump trucks and scaffolding.
Earthmoving machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows graded earth, automobiles, mountains, buildings and winding dirt roads.
Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit Company (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit Company--1930-1950.
A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows graded earth, automobiles, winding roads and the Blue River.
Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
View of construction vehicles at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado. Shows a man, a tractor and a steam-shovel with a bucket. The steam-shovel is labeled: "Bucyrus Erie."
Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Steam shovels--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
A man and boy fish from a boat near the dam in Cheesman Lake in Douglas County, Colorado. Dam construction materials are on a nearby rocky slope.
Cheesman Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fishing--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.
View of workers at the Cheesman Dam construction site in Douglas County, Colorado. Shows stone wall, cranes, pulleys, wooden steps, railroad tracks, and ore cars.
Cheesman Dam (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Douglas County--1900-1910.; Dam construction--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.
Workmen pose on the partially constructed Cheesman Dam in Douglas County, Colorado. Cranes and utility buildings are nearby. A man and boy sit in a boat on Cheesman reservoir.
Cheesman Dam (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cheesman Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dam construction--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.
Denver Post reporter Polly Pry rides on a platform attached to a crane, at the construction site of the Cheesman Dam in Douglas county, Colorado. A man stands on the railroad tracks in the canyon below.
Cheeseman Dam (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Douglas County--1900-1910.; Dam construction--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.; Polly Pry.
Automobiles and a pedestrian make their way through water by Union Station at 17th (Seventeenth) and Wynkoop Streets during the Cherry Creek flood which resulted from the Castlewood Dam break of 1933, Denver, Colorado. A spare tire cover on the...
Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad Stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Flood water rushes under a bridge at 8th (Eighth) and Broadway in Denver, Colorado, following the Castlewood Dam collapse. Signs in the background read: "American Beauty Spaghetti and Macaroni" and "Denver Buick". Shows trolley cars and automobiles.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Shows a single story frame house at the site of the Kenwood Dam located in Arapahoe County, Colorado. The residence features beveled siding, slate tile roof and enclosed porch. A wire fence is in front of the home.
Arapahoe County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kenwood Dam (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Arapahoe County--1930-1940.
Shows a wood barn and brick silo at the Kenwood Dam located in Arapahoe County, Colorado. The barn features beveled wood siding a slate tile roof with a ventilator on top. The brick silo in behind the barn.
Arapahoe County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kenwood Dam (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barns--Colorado--Arapahoe County--1930-1940.; Silos--Colorado--Arapahoe County--1930-1940.
View of the construction of Barker Dam on Middle Boulder Creek, Boulder County, Colorado; shows the concrete damn foundation with wood structures, framing, cranes and ladders.
Barker Dam (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.
View of construction at Standley Lake Dam (Jefferson County) Colorado; shows a Kenefick-Quigley-Russell Construction Company steam shovel, flatbed cars, and Colorado & Southern Line Locomotive 105.
Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Kenefick-Quigley-Russell Construction Company (Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Standley Lake Dam (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-...
View of the skyline of the Denver metropolitan area from Cherry Creek Dam in Arapahoe County, Colorado. A thick haze engulfs skyscrapers and buildings. The Front Range is in the distance.
Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-49] Dam at entrance of Big Thompson Canon, [ARL-50] Guess why this was taken! - chipmunk!, [ARL-51] Alberta Falls - near timberline." The photographic prints on album page show: a dam on the Big...
Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Chipmunks--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.;...
The Eagle Nest Dam in New Mexico is built in a semi-circle shape around a massive rock formation. A portion of the Eagle Nest Lake is in the foreground. A small ranch is in the distant valley, and two roads wind their way back to it. Pine trees...
Eagle Nest Lake (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Moreno Valley (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Dams--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Rock formations--New Mexico--1920-1930.
The wall of the Eagle Nest Dam in New Mexico is built around a large, jagged rock formation in a semi-circular shape. The road on top of the dam is narrow and guard posts connected by thick wires line the wall on both sides. The Eagle Nest Lake and...
Eagle Nest Lake (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Moreno Valley (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Dams--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Rock formations--New Mexico--1920-1930.
deposit more than 100 feet thick and was soon determined to be an unsuitable site and the plan was relocated to where the present Barker Dam sits east of Nederland. Several log cabins stand at the base of the hill in the background as well as in...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Tree limbs--1890-1900.
A group of large pine trees stands in the midground near Sulphide Flats west of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. In 1907, the area was chosen as the site for a new dam to serve as a hydroelectric power source. W. Hollingsworth McCleod, a...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.