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The Ouray Electric Light and Power Company was incorporated on December 6, 1885. It is one of the 4 oldest operating power plants in the world. [1] The first electric plant was built at the south end of Oak Street, but the plant was moved and enlarged in 1890 near its present location. Water was used from the Uncompahgre River, when available ...
Ouray (/ ˈ jʊər eɪ / YOOR-ay) is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Ouray County, Colorado, United States. [10] The city population was 898 as of the 2020 census . [ 8 ] The Ouray Post Office has the ZIP Code 81427.
Ridgway Dam is an earthen dam on the Uncompahgre River which impounds Ridgway Reservoir, [1] located about 6 miles (10 km) north of the town of Ridgway in Ouray County, Colorado. The dam is 332 ft (101 m) high and 2,465 ft (751 m) long, with a capacity of 84,410 acre⋅ft (104,120,000 m 3) of water.
Ridgway Reservoir [1] is a lake impounded by Ridgway Dam) on the Uncompahgre River north of the town of Ridgway in Ouray County, Colorado in the western United StatesRidgway Dam was built as part of the Dallas Creek Project.
Ouray County was formed out of San Juan County on January 18, 1877, making Ouray County the first county designated by the newly formed Colorado General Assembly.It was named for Chief Ouray, a distinguished leader of the Ute tribe, as was the municipality of Ouray, which was designated its county seat on March 8, 1877.
Eric Seufert, owner and manager of 105 West Brewing Co., poses for a photo at his brewery room Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Castle Rock, Colo. Brewing beer, cooking food, and refilling water bottles ...
[a] [5] [6] The City of Black Hawk with a 2020 population of 127 is the least populous Colorado city, while the Town of Castle Rock with a 2020 population of 73,158 is the most populous Colorado town. [1] [5] At the 2020 United States Census, 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) lived in one of the 271 municipalities active at ...
Rivers of Ouray County, Colorado (1 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Ouray County, Colorado" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.