1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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The accompanying map shows the 

 181- foot contour line of the reser- 

 voir. It will be seen that even at this 

 level a very short dam would throw 

 water back over 12 miles, while the 

 width of the reservoir from arm to 

 arm would also be approximately 12 

 miles. If the dam were to be made 

 250 feet in height, as might be done 

 without difficulty, provided the amount 

 of water available warranted the out- 

 lay, the storage capacity might easily 

 reach 2,000,000 acre-feet and the cor- 

 responding length and width be 15 

 miles. 



and bottom, and from which the next 

 two photographs shown herewith were 

 taken. Point "C" shows the approx- 

 imate location of the i8i-foot con- 

 tour line at Red Mountain, about 7 

 miles from point "A" and approxi- 

 mately half way up the reservoir site. 

 Photograph No. 2, taken from the 

 point designated above as "B," shows 

 a view looking up Blue River, up 

 which the i8i-foot contour goes for 

 about 6 miles. With a dam 200 feet 

 in height, the village of Kremmling, 

 shown in the photograph, would be 

 some 80 feet under water, and it, in 



No. 4. Showing Dam Site. 



A faint idea of the reservoir site 

 may be obtained from the accom- 

 panying photographs : 



Photograph No. I, taken near the 

 site of the dam, and at a point approx- 

 imately 500 feet about it. designated 

 as "A," shows the valley of the Grand 

 at a moderately high water stage. 

 Point "B" indicates the location of the 

 bluff, about 3 miles from point "A," 

 along which the i8i-foot contour lino 

 runs, about half wav between its too 



turn, is about 80 feet above the mea- 

 dows along the river. 



Photograph No. 3, taken from point 

 "B" as designated above, looking 

 down toward Gore Canyon. 3 miles 

 distant, gives some idea of the im- 

 mensity of the canyon. The point des- 

 "A," from which photo- 

 i was taken, is approxi- 

 mately 500 feet above the bottom of 

 A dam 200 feet in height 

 low in the canyon that 



ignated as 

 graph No. 



the canyon, 

 would be so 



