Colorado Experience
Hydro Power
Season 2 Episode 213 | 27m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Colorado Experience takes a refreshing look at the power so easily taken for granted.
In 1891, a lack of timber fuel threatened mining operations in Telluride. Cue L.L. Nunn. This Colorado pioneer financed Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the first in the world to generate alternating current electric power for industrial application. Thanks to this, Telluride’s Gold King Mine remained open and hydroelectric plants soon popped up across the United States and the world.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado Experience
Hydro Power
Season 2 Episode 213 | 27m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1891, a lack of timber fuel threatened mining operations in Telluride. Cue L.L. Nunn. This Colorado pioneer financed Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the first in the world to generate alternating current electric power for industrial application. Thanks to this, Telluride’s Gold King Mine remained open and hydroelectric plants soon popped up across the United States and the world.
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