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<br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />L- -'-=-5 iiii .'.-;:.......1 <br />~l!J~t:Dr:l~; , ~'~ <br /> <br />Post office at the Cheesman Dam con- <br />struction project. <br /> <br />Outlet valves on display in Denve1' be- <br />fore their installation in Cheesman <br />Dam. <br /> <br />ellTeBI <br /> <br />Denver was born as a frontier town in 1859, and for the first thirteen <br />years residents obtained water from rivers, ditches and individual <br />wells. The deficiencies of these sources and growth of the City <br />spurred development of a private water company which opened <br />for business in 1872 with a large well and four miles of mains, <br />Several competing operations later got under way. In 1894, all of the <br />City's major water suppliers were consolidated into the Denver <br />Union Water Company. This stronger organization increased <br />water supply and treatment facilities. Cheesman Dam and Reservoir, <br />completed in 1905 and still an important segment of the Denver <br />Water System, stands as the Company's major accomplishment. <br />(Continued next page) <br /> <br />;l.I.___. <br /> <br />.... <br />~ <br />" <br />(;) <br /><;) <br /> <br />Hepair wagon and crew of the Company elt ahout tile turn of Olt' Century. 3 <br /> <br />