Water Supply and Storage Company
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Water Supply and Storage Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: WWSS
Abstract
The Water Supply and Storage Company (WSSC) was incorporated in 1891 to serve irrigators in the Cache la Poudre valley. In 1986, the city of Thornton purchased substantial stock in the company, which has subsequently provided water for both municipal and agricultural purposes. The bulk of the collection was produced during a records management project conducted on the company's behalf between 1981 and 2000, and includes oral history audiotapes, transcripts, company histories and timelines,...
Dates:
1907-1991; Majority of material found within 1973-1991
Filtered By
- Subject: Audiocassettes X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Arkansas River Watershed 1
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 1
- Boulder Creek (Boulder County and Weld County, Colo.) 1
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 1
- Colorado 1
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 1
- Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) 1
- Denver Basin 1
- Dolores River Valley (Colo. and Utah) 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- Irrigation -- Colorado 1
- Irrigation engineering -- Colorado 1
- Maps 1
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Ogallala Aquifer 1
- Oral history 1
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District 1
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) 1
- Saint Vrain Basin (Colo.) 1
- San Luis Valley Irrigation District 1
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 1
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 1
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado 1
- Water use -- Colorado 1
- Water-supply -- Colorado 1 + ∧ less
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