C150242 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150242
• Contractor Name: Seven Lakes Reservoir Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Larimer
• County: Weld
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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B. Project History

During 1902, SLRC organized an effort to vacate Larimer County road right-of-ways
in order to begin construction on Horseshoe Reservoir and a canal from the north
end of Lake Loveland to the natural course of Dry Creek. which would allow water to
flow from Lake Loveland to SLRC's proposed Horseshoe Reservoir. In June of
1905 SLRC entered into an agreement with C&S Railway (now BNSF Railway) to
allow SLRC to construct a railroad crossing over the proposed canal. According to
the 1905 agreement (see Appendix D), ;'the said ditch line and tunnel shall be
constructed by the said second party (SLRC) at its own expense and where it
crosses under the track it shall pass through a series of five tunnels, each being
three feet wide by four feet in height, the bottom of said tunnels being nineteen feet
below the top of rail, and the head walls to be at least eighteen feet each side of
center of main line and carried up to a height of at least four feet below the top of
rail, all as per plan attached hereto and made a part of the agreement, which plan
has been approved by the Chief Engineer of said Railway Company". The
agreement went on to describe SLRC's obligation as "It is further understood and
agreed that the party of the second part (SLRC) will at all times bear all expense
incurred in the construction, maintenance, repairs or renewals of said ditch and
tunnel, and keep the same at all times in a sound and safe condition for the passage
of all traffic over the line of the Railway Company, the bill for work done or material
furnished in said construction, maintenance or repairs to be paid by second part
hereto upon presentation of bill for same". SLRC successfully completed Horseshoe
Reservoir along with the filler canal and the associated railroad crossing culvert
structure in 1907. As a side note, Boyd Lake Reservoir (a GLlC facility) was
completed in 1912 and could receive water from the newly constructed Horseshoe
Reservoir. Both SLRC and GLlC have a long history of working together and
sharing facilities to efficiently serve their stockholders needs.

During the winter of 1999, SLRC moved the north Lake Loveland outlet flow control
function from the five-tunnel railroad culvert structure (which is about 1250 north of
Lake Loveland) to a new location within 250 feet of the north end of Lake Loveland.

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