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
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: Water resources development -- Colorado X
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- Audiocassettes 2
- Oral history 2
- Water-supply -- Colorado 2
- 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
- Farm life -- Colorado 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 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
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District 1
- Photographs 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 -- Storage -- Colorado 1
- Water use -- Colorado 1 + ∧ less
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