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<br /> <br />o <br />,~., ') <br />~ <br />w <br />00 <br />~ <br /> <br />1'h <br />in the <br />located <br />Oambria <br />the can <br />is 720 <br /> <br />-19- <br /> <br /> <br />damsite is looated about 4 miles northeast of the town of Granby, 0010.,~ <br />114 of seo. 11, T. 2 N., R.' 76 w., in Grand Oounty, 0010. It is <br />t the head of a short oanyon whi,oh the river has, o.ut through pre- <br />rooks t'orming a spur ot' the main Rooky Mountain mass. ' At the dam'1ite <br />n at river-bottom level is ,200 feet wide, while at ele~tion 8~275 it <br />et in width. <br /> <br />The dam is to be ll. oOlllbination earth and ro<ikfillstruoture with aAnaxilnwn <br />height 0 223 t'eet. TI,e outlet oapaoity is 300 oubio feet per seoond alld the <br />spillway oapaoity is 12,000 oubic feet per seoond. <br /> <br />Wit the high-water line at elevation 8.275 feet ,the reservoir hils a. oa.pa- <br />oity ot' 82.860 aore-feet, and will flood an area. of 6,943 aore,s. <br /> <br />Thi <br />point, b <br />brought <br />o1ty. w: <br /> <br />It <br />aore..t'eet <br />On3.203. <br /> <br />reservoir will not only interoept the flow of the Ooloradoa1;,;!:hIlt <br />the flow of Willow Oreek will be interoepted near Dextilr. Colp~.and <br />o the reservoir throughaoanal 'of 1,000 Dubio, feet per seo~ oapa- <br />low Oreek enters the Oolorado about 2 miles below Granby, Dem. . <br /> <br />estimlltedthe.t Willow oreek will supply an average of about 69;000 <br />per year, and th/l.t the total estimated oost of this diversion 'is <br /> <br />:, <br />" <br />l <br />" <br />,\ <br />.i <br />~ <br />:1 <br />, <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />The torage in Granby Reservoir will also be augmented by the flow!>f <br />Meadow. all Strawberry Oreeks, tributaries of Fraser River whioh enters the <br />Oolorado bout 5 miles below the dam., The oanal interoepting these two creeks <br />will have a capaoity of 500 oubic feet per seoond. and it isestimllted they <br />will prod oe an average ot' 12,000 aore-feet a year. The total estimatedoost <br />ct' this d version is ~133.600. " <br /> <br />In or er to divert the water of the North Fork of the Colorado into Grand <br />Lake a~ t noe to the ohannel extending from It to the west portal of th, <br />Oontinenta Divide tunnel. it is ,planned to construot aconorete overflow dam <br />,,35 feet in height. above streamed, aoross the North Fork about cne-half mUe ' <br />below its unction with the Grand Lake outlet. <br /> <br />The site proper is looated in ,the MY 114 of sec. 19. T. 3 N., R.'75W., <br />and is a g acid mora in out through by the river. <br /> <br />If <br />supply Ie <br />oould be <br />of Fraser <br />Ranch, Me <br />should be <br /> <br />The <br />the name 0 <br />The elevat <br />it by mE!an <br /> <br />" <br />t. <br /> <br />tel' supply reoords kept in the future show there issut'ficient,water <br />in the Fraser River below the Oity of DenverfSdiverdon. a 4ll.na1 <br />ken out of it just below the mouth of St. Louis Creek near t he. toWn <br />0010.. and extend t'rolll there to Grll.nby Reservoir, interoeptin& ' <br />ow. and Strawberry Oreeks on the way. "A small regulating rese'Moil' <br />uilt on Ranch Oreek above where the Oanal intercepts it~ <br /> <br /> <br />NORTH 1'\)R11 DIVERSION, DAM AND SHADOW MOUNl'AIN LAKE <br /> <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />~; <br /> <br />, <br />:1 <br />, <br />'i", <br />~ . <br /> <br />I <br />~i <br /> <br />tel' baoked up by this dam will form a lake oalled.s~dOW )4ounta.in, <br />a, nearby mountain, which will hIlve a s4rfaoearea of 1#?56 aO~B_ <br />on of this lake will be the same as Grll.nd Lake and, oO!llle,oted w!Jt;h <br />of the present outlet_ <br /> <br />j <br />! <br />, <br />:.:' <br />.J <br />;i,' <br />~ <br />:~ . <br />1 <br />i <br />a <br />'~1 <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />'\ <br /> <br />....,., <br /> <br />, .~, . <br /> <br />~., <br />\ <br />^ ,. .", <br /> <br />,.-. <br /> <br />'"""'-"- <br />