Loveland Mountain Power Station, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
Posted by: 
ronjean
N 40° 25.205 W 105° 17.029
13T E 475922 N 4474422
The generators are all that was left of the power plant after the Big Thompson River flash flood of 1976.
Waymark Code: WMFW0H
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2012
Views: 6
A wall of water tore out this power station along with 144 lives on July 31, 1976. The height of the water reached 17 feet above the average 3 foot depth of the river. According to the USGS, the flow of water in the Big Thompson River was estimated at 30100 cubic feet per second, where the average annual flow is 125 cfs (average summer flow is 200 cfs).
More information about the flood can be found at these waymarks:
WM92TQ High Level Marks: Big Thompson Flash Flood, 1976, Drake, CO
WM92TM Disaster Memorials: Big Thompson Flash Flood - Drake, CO
Operational: no
Type of power station: Run-of-the-river
Visitor center: no
Date built: 02/11/1925
Type of turbine: Not listed
Operator: Not listed
Generation capacity: Not listed
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