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<br />C) <br />C:-J <br />,- <br /> <br />Q <br />--l <br /> <br />one headauarters bUiliing, one garage an~ shop, one dormitory, and <br />one laboratory. In 1945 and 1947, the camn was enlarged to pro- <br />vide temporary housing for additional nersonnel employed by the <br />Government on construction of nroject facilities in the vicinity <br />of Estes Park. Because of the volume of design work delegated to <br />the District Office follo~ing its formation in 1947 and the <br />critical housing problem involved for additional oersonnel, the <br />District headauarters v~r~ moved to the Denver Federal Center. <br />rhe camp is now used to house Government personnel engaged in the <br />construction of project facilities in the ~stes Park area. <br /> <br />Estes Park - Foothills Power System <br /> <br />Facilities now under construction for this system will re- <br />ceive water from Lake Estes, transport the water east about 14 <br />miles to the Foothills Storage and Supply System, and utilize <br />1,940 feet of fall between Lake Estes and the Flatiron Reservoir <br />which ~~ll be located in Chimney Hollow about 3.5 miles south of <br />the mouth of Rig Thomnson Canyon. This system includes nearly 9 <br />miles of tunr.els, O.8-mile of siohon, O.9-mile of canals, and <br />3 power plants served by approximately J miles of penstock pipe. <br /> <br />Lake Estes, loc~ted on the Big Thompson qiver n~ar the eastern <br />limits of Estes Park nillage, w~s de~icated by Oscar L. Chapman, <br />Undersecretary of the Interior, on Sunday, June 5, 19490 This <br />reservoir serves to re-regulate the imoorted waters discharged <br />from the Estes Power Plant ~nd to orovide a uniform r~te of out- <br />flow to the Estes-Foothills Power Systerno Lake Estes covers an <br />area of 163 acres and has a canacity of 2,481 acre-feet at eleva- <br />tion 7475, including 450 acre-feet of operation capacityo Under <br />normal conditions, the reservoir will be one rated to pass all Big <br />Thompson qiver flows exceot those diverted for Dower purposes. <br />Completion of the reservoir included thp. CO!1stT'uction of Olympus <br />Dam and the relocation of a'lpurtenant nublie utilities. w.:xcellent <br />fishing and boating privileges are available at this attractive <br />lake, and arrangeme~ts for other recreational facilities are <br />under way. <br /> <br />19 <br />