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<br /> <br />CAPITOL HILL PUMP STATION AND RESERVOIR <br />1000 ELIZABETH STREET <br />USGS ELEVATION 5387' <br />OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DENVER WATER DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />CAPITOL HILL RESERVOIR WAS ACTIVATED IN 1888 WITH A CAPACITY <br />OF 7.0 MILLION GALLONS AND GRAVITY FLOWED TO THE CITY OF <br />DENVER. THE TOTAL CAPACITY WAS INCREASED IN 1906 WHEN BASIN 2 <br />WAS BUILT, IN 1948 WHEN BASIN 1 WAS ENLARGED AND FINALLY IN <br />1954 WHEN BASIN 3 WAS CONSTRUCTED BRINGING A TOTAL CAPACITY <br />OF 80.0 MILLION GALLONS. THE RESERVOIRS CAN BE FILLED USING <br />A VARIETY OF OPTIONS INCLUDING MARSTON GRAVITY, MOFFAT <br />GRAVITY AND FOOTHILLS GRAVITY. <br /> <br />THE PUMP STATION DISCHARGES AT 62 PSI INTO A WIDE AREA <br />SURROUNDING CAPITOL HILL INCLUDING THE MONTCLAIR AND PARK <br />HILL NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS AREA IS USUALLY SUPPLIED WITH <br />GRAVITY PRESSURE AND PUMPED ONLY DURING HIGH CONSUMPTION <br />PERIODS. THE STATION WAS FIRST PUMPED IN 1896 USING COAL <br />FIRED STEAM DRIVEN PUMPS. THE COAL BOILERS WERE REPLACED WITH <br />GAS FIRED BOILERS IN 1903. IN 1925, THE STEAM BOILERS WERE <br />REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ELECTRIC MOTORS, WHICH IS WHAT IS <br />USED TODAY. <br /> <br />~ .Mm MOTOR DATA <br />PUMP MAKE OF MAKE OF HORSE- HEAD CAPACITY <br /> PUMP MOTOR POWER IN FEET IN M.G.D. <br />3 WHEELER ECON GEN. ELEC. 800 175 20.0 <br />4 BYRON JACKSON GEN. ELEC. 400 175 12.0 <br />5 CAMERON GEN_ELEC. 700 164 20.0 <br />6 BYRON JACKSON WESTINGHOUSE 600 175 17.0 <br />7 BYRON JACKSON WESTINGHOUSE 800 175 23.0 <br />THE TOTAL HORSEPOWER FOR THE STATION IS 3,300 H.P. <br />THE TOTAL PUMPING CAPACITY FOR THE STATION IS 92 M.G.D. <br />