Water Supply and Storage Company.
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Harvey Johnson
Collection
Identifier: WHGJ
Abstract
Having spent over 45 years of his life as a farmer in Fort Collins, Colorado, Harvey Johnson (1895-1991) understood the value of water. He served on numerous water boards, most significantly the Water Supply and Storage Company Board, of which he became a member in 1936 and served for 54 years. He was asked to serve on the Fort Collins City Council and served two terms as mayor in the 1960s. Johnson was instrumental in preparing the city to store water for future growth. This collection...
Dates:
1907-1989; Majority of material found within 1970-1989
Records of Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
Collection
Identifier: WWWE
Abstract
Wright Water Engineers, Inc., is a Colorado-based water resources consulting firm founded by Kenneth R. Wright. Since 1961 the company has undertaken projects concerning agricultural and irrigation engineering, water rights, flood control and drainage, dams, and groundwater in Colorado as well as other states and countries. The collection contains files from select Colorado projects, as well as one in New Mexico/Texas. Also present are the files of Wright-McLaughlin Engineers (1964-1982), a...
Dates:
1882-2006; Majority of material found within 1965-1999
Water Oral Histories Collection
Collection
Identifier: WOHC
Abstract
The Water Oral Histories Collection consists of interviews and reminiscences covering the work of some of Colorado's distinguished civil engineers, irrigators, and water leaders. Subjects include Northern Colorado's irrigation history, irrigation engineering and research in Colorado, large water storage projects, groundwater issues, and the personal and professional lives of some of Colorado's water leaders. A portion of the collection is digitized and ...
Dates:
1986-2022
Filtered By
- Subject: Colorado. X
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- Arkansas River Watershed 2
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 2
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 2
- Photographs 2
- Water resources development -- Colorado 2
- Water-supply -- Colorado 2
- Aerial photographs 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.) 1
- Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1
- Colorado 1
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) 1
- Dams -- Colorado 1
- Denver (Colo.) 1
- Denver Basin 1
- Dolores River Valley (Colo. and Utah) 1
- Farm life -- Colorado 1
- Floods -- Colorado -- Big Thompson Canyon 1
- Floods -- Colorado -- Big Thompson River 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 1
- Groundwater 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado 1
- Maps 1
- Microfilms 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Northglenn (Colo.) 1
- Ogallala Aquifer 1
- Oral history 1
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado 1
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Saint Vrain Basin (Colo.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District 1
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Standley Lake (Colo.) 1
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.) 1
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- Water -- Storage -- Colorado 1
- Water resources development 1
- Water rights -- Colorado 1
- Windsor (Colo.) 1 + ∧ less
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