Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
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Central Colorado Power plant in Glenwood Canyon, prior to the Shoshone Power Plant. Colorado River is in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting overhanging rock during road construction in Glenwood Canyon (1936-1937). Snow on canyon sides.
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Blasting rock during the construction of highway through Glenwood Canyon. The Colorado River is at the right; there is snow on the hills in the background. Large rocks in foreground with debris from the blast rising in the air in center midground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting in Glenwood Canyon during road construction, 1936-37. Snow present on canyon sides.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Construction of the Hanging Lake rest area in Glenwood Canyon, part of the I-70 construction project. This photo was taken on June 27, 1994.
The project completed Interstate 70's final, 12.5-mile gap in the transcontinental highway reaching from Baltimore, Maryland, to Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City.
"Lawsuits, environmental impact studies, and design changes took nearly two decades to resolve before the first shovelful of earth was turned...
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The Bobson family standing next to the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon. Parents, Anna Ryden Bobson and Sigurd Bobson are standing behind Edmund Bobson and Alvin (left to right).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The construction camp near Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon for the Shoshone Dam and Tunnel. Bridge in left background; Colorado River in foreground.
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The east entrance to Glenwood Canyon in the 1930s. The road was not paved and was very close to the Colorado River which carved the canyon. The road connects Dotsero and Eagle County to Glenwood Springs and Garfield County, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Dam at Shoshone
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Dam at Shoshone on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, seen from the railroad tracks.
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The Central Colorado Power House located about one-half mile below the present Shoshone Dam in Glenwood Canyon.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bill Luby's automobile parked at the Shoshone Power Plant in Glenwood Canyon.
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A postcard of the Grand River (now the Colorado River) in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon). The first tunnel of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in Glenwood Canyon is visible on the left.
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A postcard of the Palisades in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon). A passenger train is passing through the canyon. This postcard was sent to Alda Borah from Susie S. Bolt, and is dated July 30, 1917.
15) Train in canyon
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A Zephyr wreck in Glenwood Canyon. On March 29, 1968, a passenger train was passing through Glenwood Canyon near Grizzly Creek when it derailed. Two of the diesel locomotives, F9A 5774 and F9B 5773, were later retired and sold for scrap to Barter Machinery & Supply Company out of Denver in May of 1969. Motorists can be seen on the other side of the river observing the wreck,
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A postcard of Glenwood Canyon near Eagle. This view is taken near the eastern entrance to the Canyon.
