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Cheesman Dam construction. Colorado. 1903.
U.S. Geological Survey · 1903 · P.G. Horn, C.E.
U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Library Photographic Collection U.S. government work; public domain. Archive record ↗ · Rights
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Cheesman Dam going up on the South Platte in 1903 -- the works that made Denver a city with a water supply rather than a water problem. When it was finished it was the tallest dam in the world.
Shows: Denver's storage being built, course by course, by the company whose successor is Denver Water.
What this does not let you conclude: What it holds now, or who is entitled to it. The reservoir and its rights are in the record beside this; the photograph is the construction camp. One of nine photographs taken during construction between July and December 1903; this is plate WSP74-001.
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