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<br />. <br /> <br />61 <br /> <br /> <br />O~1845 <br /> <br /> <br />. electric hoist mounted in "- tower ,,-nd is m~de to close automatically <br /> <br /> <br />when the wetter surf,wo attr.dns elevrltion 62l5. Proper warning <br /> <br />signals will be instQlled on the rc.ilroad below the reservoir to <br /> <br />"'<Toid trains entering the tunnel when g<tte is closed. <br /> <br />Railroad Relocation <br /> <br />The Colorado and Wyoming rc,ilroad, with about 30 l;Jiles <br /> <br />of track nnd pertinent improvements between Trinidad and Tercio, is <br /> <br />" subsidi[1.ry of the C.F.&I. COlJp,my of Pueblo, c.nd is used to haul <br /> <br />COllI for coking purposes from this region to the steel pL.nt at <br /> <br />Pueblo via the i\.T. & S.F'. and D. & R.G.W. railroads. In years past, <br /> <br />coking operations were undertr).ken rlt SegunLlo c.nd t3opris. The re- <br /> <br />covery of by-products, formerly wasted, l1':,de a change in oven design <br /> <br />necessary, ,.md it We,S deemed t.dvisable to construct these ,~t the steel <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />plc.nt. Local ovens then becal,le obsolete and their use ViaS discon- <br /> <br />tj.nued. With a large field of undeveloped coal in th0 region south <br /> <br />of Long's Canyon, the cOl.1pany must have access te tru\t cere,," [1.nd to <br /> <br />ctccomplh1h this and ctvoid frequent interruptions of traffic, it was <br /> <br />concludc,d th'lt the track should be ri"ised throughout the resGrvoir <br /> <br />to levels above thoGG which would be reached 'lith 0.11 floodG of <br /> <br />record except trult of 1904. <br /> <br />Drawings 256-D-124 Clnd 256-D-145 show railroad and hj.ghway <br /> <br />relocation plQns in the reservoir. <br /> <br />Severlll pLcrw helve been investig:c ted and considered. The <br /> <br />l:lost econor.lical and feaGible pl:.,n l.ppears to be to construct a <br />