Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Twin Lakes Tunnel <br /> <br />The Independence Pass Transmountaln Diver- <br />sion System was coostructed in the 1930s to <br />serve land irrigated by the Colorado Canal In <br />Crowley County In the Arkansas BaSin. The col- <br />lectlOnsyslem islocate<l in the headwaters of lhe <br />Roanng ForlI River Water is diverted into Gnzzly <br />Reservoir, which is located In Lincoln Gulch. <br />From Grizzly Reservoir. the water flows under <br />the Conllnental Divide through the TWin lakes <br />Tunnel (aka Independence Pass Tunnel No 1) <br />into tM North ForlI ollake Creek The water IS <br />delivered to Twin lakes Reservoir in storage <br />space owned by the TWin lakes ReservOir and <br />Canal Company. The Company also holds water <br />rights for water native to the Arkansas River Ba- <br />sin. Diversions through tM T Wln lakes Tunnel <br />began on May 24, 1935 <br /> <br />Fifty-four percent of the TWin Lakes ReservOir <br />and Canal Company is owned by the City of <br />ColoradO Spnngs The remaining shares are <br />held by the Pueblo Board of Water Works, <br />Pueblo West. City of Aurora, and a dozen smaller <br />users <br /> <br />The Twin Lakes Tunnel is circular concrete lined <br />and 8.5 feel in diameter. The tunnel IS about four <br />miles long and has a capaCity of 625 ds. <br /> <br />The Twin Lakes T unne! is 'as straHJht as a nne <br />barrel', When the tunnel IS shut down you can <br />stand downstream of the gates at the western <br />portal and see the pin pnck of light from the east- <br />em portal, four miles away Dunng the winter <br />when snow closes the road between the care- <br />taker's house at Gnzzly ReservOir and the Town <br />of Aspen, the caretaker can open an aa;ess door <br />and dnve through the tunnel to getlh€lr grocenes <br />and mall In Leadyille. <br /> <br />-- <br />."'.c-""~~ l' <br />I l .", <br />,: ,. ,: ~ ~ :: :::11 <br />..""" ,..... <br />I' .. .. 10 <br /> <br />---'.~-----' <br /> <br />December 2005 <br /> <br />, ....' <br /> <br />. . 10""'" <br /> <br />,. '. " " " .. .. <br /> <br />n .. .. .. .. r .. <br /> <br />.. .. " <br /> <br /> Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat <br /> 1 2 3 <br />- - ~ 51 -- . <br /> ~ -. <br /> 4 6 7 8 9 10 <br /> I I I <br /> I <br />-- . . -. -+- I <br /> - - <br /> 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 <br /> I I <br /> . 19 r > - I - --l--- + <br /> 18 20 21 22 23 24 <br /> Chnstmas Eve <br />- ~ - - . -- -- -> <br /> - - - <br /> 25 26 I 27 28 29 30 31 <br />ChfJ$tmasDay I New Years Eve <br /> , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Applegate Group, Inc, <br />