Hanging Flume from 1890's, Southwest Colorado

May 04, 2004

Climbing engineers, with Vertical Horizon, descend to the remains of the hanging flume in Montrose CountyFlume holds history on canyon walls By Nate Thompson , Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado

A few miles northwest of Naturita, a sleepy town in Montrose County, state Highway 141 winds past the remnants of a structure that is garnering attention from historians, engineers, archaeologists and climbers. A research team arrived Monday to spend a week studying the significance of one of Colorado's longest historic sites.

Started in 1888 and finished in 1891, a 13-mile hanging flume built along the Dolores River delivered water to a now defunct mining project.

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