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<br />approximately 2~ miles southwest of Estes Park, can be reached by <br />auto frOIll. the St. Vrain highway. <br /> <br />Estes Power Plant (l948-l950), located on the upper end of Lake <br />Estes near the eastern outskirts of Estes Park, is a peaking plant <br />of the power system. From a control structure located at the <br />Prospect Mountain Tunnel, water is delivered to the power plant <br />through three 78-inch diameter steel penstocks, 3,983 feet long. <br />Three vertical-shaft tYlle generating units, driven by 2l,OOO horse- <br />power hydraulic turbines for an installed capacity of 45,000 kilo- <br />watts and an average operating head of 534 feet, will produce an <br />average of approx:lma.tely l20 million kilowatt-hours annually. Con- <br />ventional outdoor-tYlle switchyard. facilities are located. east of the <br />power plant. Lake Estes on the Big Thompson River serves as an <br />af'ter bay for the power plant. <br /> <br /> <br />Estes Power Plant and Switchyard. <br /> <br />Estes Park C81DP <br /> <br />Project headquarters were originally established at Estes .Park <br />and housing facilities were constructed in 1938 for initial Use of <br />GoverlJIllent employees during construction of the project and subse- <br />quent use of operation and maintenance persOIUlel. The original camp <br />consisted. of 2'+ permanent-tYlle quarters, 6 temporary d.uplex bulla.ings, <br /> <br />l8 <br />