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<br />o <br />C> <br />f- <br /> <br />C) <br /> <br />~' <br />v, <br /> <br />approxtmately 2~ miles southwest of Estes Park, can be reached by <br />auto from the St. Vraln high....ay. <br /> <br />Estes Po....er Plant (1948-1950), located on the upper end of Lake <br />Estes near the eastern outskirts of Estes Park, 1s a peaking plant <br />of the po"'er system. From a control structure located at the <br />Prospect Mountain Tunnel, water is delivered to the po....er plant <br />through three 78-1nch diameter steel penstocks, 3,983 feet long. <br />Three vertical-shaft type generating units, driven by 21,000 horse- <br />power hydraulic turbine 5 for an installed capec! ty of 45,000 kilo- <br />watts and an average operating head of 534 feet, ....ill produce an <br />average of approximately 120 million kil.o....att-hours annually. Con- <br />ventional outdoor-type s....ltchyard facilities are located east of the <br />paver plant. Lake Estes on the Big Thompson River serves as an <br />after bay for the power plant. <br /> <br /> <br />Estes Power Plant and Switchyard. <br /> <br />Estes Park Camp <br /> <br />Project headquarters ~ere originally established at Estes Park <br />and housing facilities Yere constructed in 1938 for initial use of <br />Government employees during construction of the project and subse- <br />quent use of operation and maintenance personnel. The original camp <br />consisted of 24 permanent-type qUarters, 6 temporary duplex buildings, <br /> <br />18 <br />