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<br />part of the Poudre mpply acro",s the rher to th", Poudre
<br />Valley Canal. an older waterwa}" thai ser\'!'s a portion 01
<br />Iht' con~rvancy di!<lrict.
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<br />The Soldit'r Canyon Dam oullel supplies waler to Col.
<br />orado State Ullh'ersit},. to the small Dixon Ft't'<ler Canal
<br />lor the irrigaled area cut ofllrom it!! waler ",upply by
<br />Horst'lo(lth Reservoir. to Fort Collins. and 10 rural waler
<br />districts.
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<br />The Cacht' ]a !'(ludre. nil{ Thomp';,on. and Litt]t> Thomp.
<br />son Hiv"'r~. and St. "rain and Bouldt'f Cret'ks are
<br />tributaries 01 the Soulh Platte Hi\'('f, Ihrough which
<br />walpf impoftt'd lrom th{' Wf>stl.'fn slope i!l "upplit"(llo th",
<br />Soulh Plaltt' Ri\-er Ila"in !I}'stem. Thi.. sLlpplf'menlal
<br />wateT i" ust'd 10 alll.'\'iate Ihe critical "horlagt"s that ha\'!'
<br />hampt'red and reslricled Ihe culti\'ation of fertile landl'< in
<br />Ihl.' South PiauI' Ri\'er Valley.
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<br />Pow'er J)istriblltion Sp.tt"fll
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<br />I'o'....t.r tnlO~mi~sion fadlitie~ indudt' lH>arh 677 miles of
<br />trallsl1li~~ion lin~",. 35 permalwnt ~Uh~laliOIl'. 2 muhil("
<br />'\Ih~lation.... I mobile Ifan,furll1t'r. 22 nIL'terin!!, ,talioll'.
<br />and tJ r"'rmarWlll st'nkt, .;hop,,- "'ilh Ihe e\(-eptioll of 3
<br />milt'" of sled to"-er ('on,lnu'lioll uf 13.l lI1il6 of _"U'-'_
<br />marinc.I~"I-'(' COIull/it. tht' transmi~.;ion circuit;; art' of
<br />..ood pole H.frame (.ull,ITllt,tioll. Tht' suhnUtrillf:".I~pf:"
<br />eonc!llit i, the ("OllIlt'dion hdWt'en ('a,l{>rn and "-e~ll.'rlI
<br />slopc cin'lJil, ami J., in a nitro!'!'t'1l p:as-fiJl('d pip':" ,u'-
<br />pf'nd':"d from tht' lop of Ihe Aha B. Adal11~ Tunnel.
<br />I'rojt'(.t pO"-ef fadlitie;. are intt'f('Ollllt"('I..d "it" plant;;. of
<br />the .'\"orth Plallt'. f\t'nrlrkk. Ui,,'rlulI. alltl Sho~holl"
<br />I'ruj('c-I~. and aTe li('d inlo Ihe lillt" of the I'llLlk Sef.
<br />\in' Compan} of Colorado al fi". dif("rf'nt Im'ations ill
<br />C.olorado, \fo,t of tht"e ptJ"-er fealurt" "-l.rt' tritn~ft'rfed
<br />to tl", Deparlmellt of Ener,l0-''s (I>OEl "'t.~It'rn Area
<br />PO"t"r ,\.lmini,lrittioll Ilpon Iht' fTt'ittion of DUE ill 1977.
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<br />Early Histor~'
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<br />In 1870. before .;tatf'huod was at:hie\'t'd by Ihe Colorado
<br />Territory. tb(" Union Colony 01 2.000 people was e,tab-
<br />Ji,hffi at Greeley. Thi, markffi the inception 01 coofW'r-
<br />ative irrigation in thl.' South Platte Hi\'er Valley and tht>
<br />beginning 01 an ..ra in whkh irrigalion bt>t'anw important
<br />in tht' ecollomit' development 01 northeastern Colorado.
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<br />Thl.' Union Colony started with constmction of ditche.; to
<br />i'oupply direclllow from thl.' ri\'t'r to 12.UUO acrps, The
<br />\"enlure was.oI,() .;Ilcce,."flll that b} IQOO tht' ,tream, wert'
<br />m-erapproprialed and attention was ,l!i\"t'n 10 dt>\elopment
<br />01 plain, rl'''f'r\'Oir!i 10 ~torl.' thl.' "pring lIOt:lth. By 1910.
<br />mo"t of Iht> beHl.'t fe"'2'f\'oir "itt'" were II~ and few other
<br />possibilities wefe apparent. except cO~I]y tran..mounlain
<br />di\l.'tsion.
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<br />During Iht'~ }'l.'llfS. lht' incfeasin!;! demand for agricul.
<br />tural product... lor a growing population. and Ihe lend.
<br />l.'ncy to prt"parl.' as largt> an irrigation sy..tt>m a~ po....ibll.'
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