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<br /> <br />o <br /> <br />'. ) <br /> <br />!-1> <br />~ <br />(;;) <br />w <br /> <br />j <br /><) <br />1 <br />'j <br /> <br /> <br />HolingrltroughAdams qunnel. L~R Conscructionengineer Howell, Governor <br />Ralph Carr, and contrdctOT, Sam Mago/fin <br /> <br />June 10, 1944 :Adams Tunnel holed through. NBC radio <br />lbroadcasts event live to nation from <br />'Continental Divide. <br /> <br />April 24. 1944 <br /> <br />Shadow Mountain Dam started. Special <br />~Howance given by Wat Production Board to <br />begin construction as a necessary link in food <br />*roductioneffoTts. <br /> <br /> <br />Shadow Mountain Dam shprd)' after completion <br /> <br />November t 945 <br /> <br />Shadow Mouncain Dam and Spillway <br />cotnpleted, <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />June 23,1947 Ten years afterC-BT Project is begun the <br />Adams Tunnel is officially dedicated and the <br />first Water is delivered to the East Slope. <br /> <br />1947 First (ransmountain diversion ofC~BT Project <br />water. 61014 acre..feet oEwater is diverted to <br />East ~lope for irrigation purposes. <br /> <br />November 1948 Olympus Dam closed allowing first storage of <br />water In Lake Estes, <br /> <br />September 14, 1949 First water storage in Lake Granby, <br /> <br /> <br />July 19,1950 Workbegunon Carter Lake dams. <br /> <br /> <br />January 10, 1951 Firsts~orage of water in HorsetoothReservoir. <br /> <br />July 20, 1951 Granb'ydedication. Govemor Knous sponsors <br />goverrior's fishing contest in conjunction with <br />dedica~ion, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Celebration markingfirstreleases from Horsetooth Reservoir into Poudre River <br /> <br />July 21, 1951 First C~BT water is released from Horsetooth <br />into Poucire River. <br /> <br />January 25, 1951 <br /> <br />First water is pumped from LakeGranbv into <br />Shadow Mountain Reservoir, <br /> <br />Dams completed at Carter Lake, <br /> <br />First storage of water in Willow Creek <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />September 19, 1952 <br />April 2, t953 <br /> <br />September 8, 1953 City of Boulder is included in NCWCD <br />boundaries. <br /> <br /> <br />First water rushes into Carter Lake <br /> <br />February 26,1954 . <br /> <br />First water is pumped into Carter Lake from <br />. Flatiron Reservoir bringing Colorado River <br />water to the Little Thompson and St, Vrain <br />valleys. <br /> <br />NCWCD moves from basement of Greeley <br />Tribune building into new headquaters <br />building west of Loveland. <br /> <br />May 1954. <br /> <br />October 12,1955 <br /> <br />U. S, District Court issues Final Decree <br />defining the quantities of water that can be <br />utilized, diverted and stored by the C- BT <br />Project, <br /> <br />1953..1956 Severe drought grips eastern Colorl:!.do. <br /> <br />1956 The final feature of the original authorized <br />Project, the South Platte Supply Canal, is <br />completed, Features designated as Utransferred <br />works" are transferred to NCWCDfor <br />operation and m.aintenance. <br /> <br />August tl, 1956 Horsetooth Feeder and Poudre Supply canals <br />are officially renamed in honor of Charles <br />Hansen, <br /> <br />September 10, 1956 Supplemental contract #2 signed with the <br />USBR, allowing the District a five~year <br />interim period in which to build reserve funds <br />for possible future emergencies. <br /> <br />1957 C-BT Project is fully opetatlonal. <br />Maintenance for the distribution facilities <br />beyond Carter Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir <br />is transferred to NCWCD. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />- <br />