Laserfiche WebLink
<br />00267 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />"""'- d..Ig"......, 0.-... D.... . N.~" Hi...,;c CMllngi_ing .............. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />W.ol... ~.rt 0..-._111:1"'19071. I"lon_ 0-...... h.od... <br /> <br />The Colorado secTion of the Ameriun Society <br />of Ovil El'\9il'leers submitted its I'lominillllion, <br />Ole1lsman Dim, for desig".f;on .n . nalion,l <br />1":;510r;CIII civil en;ineenng laodrr..ark 10 Ihe <br />Committee on the H'slOry iIIlnd Heritage of <br />American Civil Engineering, American Soc,ety <br />of Civil Engineers. on April 10. 1972. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In il'1 nom;Mlion documer'll,,'ion, ASCf noted <br />.'.. . the local hiU:lry 01 ""y major constrUCTion <br />project is .Iw.ys piet\Jresque, most often <br />UPflnsivl. and definitely difficvlT 10 condense <br />without IOSi'"'9 some of 'he ch,t.cter and the <br />pe"on.lity of OUf engineering predecessors <br />and Iheir projects. Chee5lTl.n Dam is of <br />This nature, ul'lknown by m..,y, overlooked <br />by olhers. but 01 such hiSlorical si'.lnificance <br />and contemporary importance Inat it should <br />ne~r be forgO"en, but rather placed side by <br />side with o:her n.!Irional and historical land. <br />marks of Ihe civil engineering profession."' <br />The Denver Board of Water Commissioners <br />aCMowledgel Ihe honor and e"prenes its <br />appreciation to the American Sociery of <br />Civil Engineers for giving Ihis desigr'\<1lrion to <br />o,Hsman Dam. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />~ <br /> <br />Walter ScO" Cheesman was born June 27, 1838 <br />at Hempsread Harbor, Long Island, and a"ended <br />New York public schooh. Cheesman came to <br />Denver in 186\ to manage a drug stare <br />opened by his twa elder brothers on Blah <br />Street. During his farry.SiX years in Denver, <br />CJ\eesman focused on the development of <br />real estate and other related activities <br />contributing 1'0 the success of Ihe new city. <br />pril'l'l<1lrily, the develapment Oof a water <br />supply for Denver. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />As Ihe influx of pioneers increased, o,eesman <br />realiled that maTe wale' was essential far <br />Denver, fast be<:oming "the Queen Ciry af the <br />Plains," He began plannm9 to bring cle"r, <br />pure warer from. mounTain arell 48 miles <br />from Denver, Cheesman and other Civic <br />leaders fO\lnded the o.nver Ciry Water <br />Company, incorporated Oct. 30, 1870, The <br />creation of the water system was one of the <br />most imparlant corporate acts in determining <br />Denvers destiny. <br />Wifh private companies competing bitterly to <br />supply Denver water, Cheesman and other <br />le.d.rs incorporated the Den~r Union Warer <br />Company Sept. 6. ] 894. Che~man was <br />efeced company president. <br />The company immedilltely proceeded witt. pl.ns, <br />perfected ten years ellrlier by Cheesman, to <br />increase the slarage capaciry af Marstan <br />Reserva., tOo 8 millian gllllanl and for the <br />innall.tion of filter beds at the moulh af <br />Ihe South Pl."e Canyan. <br />