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Larimer County Water Ways
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Spring Canyon


Title	Spring Canyon
Image ID Number	H11111
Date	1949 c.
Decade	1940s 1950s
Description	Looking north at Spring Canyon that was later filled with water for Horsetooth Reservoir. Some of the buildings of Stout are in the background. Most of the Stout buildings were sold and moved; and some demolished when Horsetooth Reservoir, a part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project, was built 1946-1949. Some of the buildings' remains are still under the reservoir. The quote on the photograph says, "It was a beautiful 'spring green' in the late afternoon sun." From Ellen Brainard Dibble.
Content Type	landscapes - natural
Historical Context	World War II & Post War 1942-1955
Subject	Horsetooth Reservoir (Colo.)--History Reservoirs--Colorado--Larimer County--History
Image Source	Historical Collection
Image Collection	Historical Collection
File Location	LC Places - Stout
Language	English
Image Origin	Print
Digitization Format	HP ScanJet 6100C Scanner; Adobe 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 300 dpi; GIF 72 dpi
Collection Name	HistoricPhotographs
Web Exhibit	Waterways

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The Water Ways Photograph Database provides 1200 photographs associated with Larimer County water history.