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<br />Trout lake <br /> <br />Trout Lake is located near lizard Head Pass OIl <br />the Trout Fork drainage of the San Miguel River <br />southwest of Telluride. Colorado The lake <br />serves as one of the water sources lor the Ames <br />Hydro Power Plant. <br /> <br />The Ames Hydro Power Planl played an impor- <br />tant role in the history 01 electricity. The Ames <br />Hydro Power Plant. located near Telluride. was <br />the site of the first commerCIal altematJrlg current <br />power plant In the world <br /> <br />Lucien Nunn originally needed the power for his <br />Gold King MIning Company ore processing mill. <br />Working with George Westinghouse. they applied <br />the alternating ClJrrent theories of Nikola Tesla <br />to generate electriCIty. The power plant was <br />completed in 1891 and transmitted 3000 volts a <br />distance of three miles. In 1894. the Ames <br />power plant was furniShing power 10 all mines In <br />the T ellunde area <br /> <br />With this success LUCIen Nunn formed lhe T elJu. <br />ride Power Company. ThaI company eventually <br />serviced more than twenty lowns In Colorado, <br />Idaho, Montana. and Utah. The Ames plant be. <br />came owned and operated by Xcel Energy In <br />1992, <br /> <br /> -- -- <br /> ~ <br /> , :1 November 2005 , . <br />, . , , . <br />. " , . . , . . <br />" ., 0' ,. , <br />.." '. " . " " " " " .. .. " .. <br />" " " . ". . .. .. . " " " " <br />. " " . " . " . " <br /> <br />Sun Mon I Tue , Wed Thu Fri Sat <br /> I <br /> I I <br /> , I 2' <br /> 1 3 4 5 <br /> I <br /> I I I <br /> I I 9 t <br />- ~ 10 1 -I <br /> 6 7 11 12 <br /> I <br /> I <br /> , I I <br /> EIec"oo D', 1 5 t I <br /> Veterans Day <br /> I -141 , + ! - <br /> 13 16 17 18 19 <br /> I <br /> I <br /> - I I <br /> 20 21 22 23 24[ 25 26 <br /> I <br /> *- I I <br /> ~nlo;sgllll''9Day I <br /> I T- <br /> 27 28 30 I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Appleaate Group, Inc, <br />