Mount Elbert Power Plant
Mount Elbert Power Plant is a power station in Lake, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,206 feet. Mount Elbert Power Plant is situated nearby to the quarry Smith-Bullard Mine, as well as near the reservoir Mount Elbert Forebay.- Type: Power station
- Also known as: “Mount Elbert Powerplant”
- Address: CO
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twin Lakes and Granite.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Photo: Toshihiro Matsui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twin Lakes is a pair of glacier-carved alpine lakes about 15 miles south of historic Leadville, Colorado. They are downstream along the Arkansas River, whose headwaters are by Leadville. Twin Lakes is situated 2 miles southwest of Mount Elbert Power Plant.
Granite
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Granite is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The zip code of Granite is 81228. According to the 2010 census, the population is 116. Granite is situated 6 miles southeast of Mount Elbert Power Plant.
Mount Elbert Power Plant
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, pumped-storage power station, and industry
- Location: Lake, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.09415° or 39° 5′ 39″ northLongitude
-106.3523° or 106° 21′ 8″ westElevation
9,206 feet (2,806 metres)Inception
June 1981Operator
U S Bureau of ReclamationOpen location code
85FM3JVX+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 366396367Wikidata ID
Q11990133
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Ukrainian—“Mount Elbert Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Elbert vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Mount Elbert vannkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Маунт-Елберт”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Smith-Bullard Mine and Mount Elbert Forebay.
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