Men pose near a sluice, a small wooden building and a headgate near Kline Falls, on the Crystal River, about 2 miles east of Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows a wooden staircase and walkway. Here water was diverted to a pipeline going west to operate the electrical generators in the hydroelectric plant about one mile east of Marble. The plant was built by the Colorado - Yule Marble Company and completed in July 1907.
Description
1 photographic print (postcard) ; 14 x 9 cm. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Subject
Marble (Colo.); Hydroelectric power; Penstocks.
Format-Medium
Photograph;
Source
unknown.
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Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711011989
Notes
Inked on verso of postcard: "Head gate house, where the flow of water to the power house in Marble was controlled. 1912." Title supplied. Additional information provided by user. [Chuck Moore]. ; R7110119894
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