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<br />, <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"jf . <br />~. , <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />" . <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />,Jo,. <br />,. <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />'~, <br />~, <br /> <br />. . <br /><0, ~. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />'f"" <br /> <br />" ' <br />, , <br /> <br />~,~.".......' "." ~@~:"'t;;"'}!J:. ~ <br />".-I" '.; ".~:~, i~'. r ,:\T'" <br />.~ ..,.~ i'~ ,..?.;;~~ ,. - , <br /> <br />- '., , - <br />- <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Many people think Gross is the <br />most beautiful dam on the <br />water system. There's no ques- <br />tion that it had a beautiful <br />dediC'ation. Here SI/aTon Kay <br />Ritchie. then Miss Colorado <br />and later Miss America of 19.56, <br />shows the christening bottle in <br />container to Dwight D. Gross, <br />noted former Chief Engineer <br />faT the Water Department. <br /> <br />Over the years, it has been necessm"y to over- <br />come many barriers to provide water for Den- <br />ver. But none was greater than this barrier of <br />mountains that had to be conquered to obtain <br />water from the Blue River. <br /> <br />. ,. <br />,of <br />""A' <br />i ~ <br />;,J" .: y.' <br />, ,i1iJ~' <br />, If'f}. io;,[l <br />~'7'-:' <br />'I ~~ :~:~~ ,.., <br />" . <br />J:, _,_';..;>, <br />',:. ' '_~~r- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />:; <br /> <br />In the mid 1950's Gross Res- <br />ervoir was built on South <br />Boulder Creek above Eldo- <br />rado Springs to greatly in- <br />crease reglllation and storage <br />capabilities for western slope <br />water. <br /> <br />'.... <br />