DENVER’S GREAT STORAGE RESERVOIR.
(Specially written for FIRE AND WATER).
WHAT was once a great primeval lake at the entrance to the South Platte gorge, forty-eight miles south of Denver, Colo., is about to become a huge reservoir, with a capacity of between 35,000,000,000 to 65,000,000,000 gallons—enough to guarantee the citizens of Denver against water famine for at least three years, no matter what contingency may arise The dam to be built, across the valley will be 210 feet high, the highest in the world, and will cost $500.000. The structure will be 6 700 feet above the level of the sea, and 1,500 feet above that of Denver itself.
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