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<br />canal will receive waters released from Lake Estes to the Big <br />Thompson River and diverted via the supply conduit. <br /> <br />Big Thompson Siphon, spanning the river and U. S. <br />Highway No. 34 near the mouth of" Big Thompson Canyon, will carry <br />water destined f"or Horsetooth Reservoir and irrigation f"acilities <br />located in the Poudre Valley. Resting on the canyon walls and <br />intermediate steel supports rising from the canyon f"loor, the <br />steel pipe section of" the siphon is 9 f"eet in diameter and 240 <br />f"eet in length. Concrete transition sections of the siphon ends <br />connect the pipe with open canal sections of the Horsetooth Feeder <br />Canal, located on either side of" the canyon. <br /> <br /> <br />Big Thompson Siphon. <br /> <br />Horsetooth Reservoir, located about. 4 miles west of Fort <br />Collins, covers an area of" 1,873 acres and provides 140,500 acre- <br />f"eet of" active storB8e. Water stored in this reservoir will be <br />used to supplement the irrigation supply of" lands in the Poudre <br />Valley. This f"eature, completed in 1949, included the construc- <br />tion of" f"our dams and a dike, the relocation of" about 5 miles of" <br />county road, and the excavation of" about 2 miles of" equalizing <br />channels in the bed of" the reservoir. <br /> <br />23 <br />