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  2. List of power stations in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Hydroelectric a (2.4%) Biomass (0.2%) Petroleum (0.1%) Other (0.1%) Colorado electricity production by type. This is a list of electric power generation stations in the U.S. State of Colorado, sorted by type and name. As of December 2022, Colorado has a total summer capacity of 18,084 MW through all of its power plants, and a year long net ...

  3. Tesla Experimental Station - Wikipedia

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    The Tesla Experimental Station[1] was a laboratory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA built in 1899 by inventor Nikola Tesla and for his study of the use of high-voltage, high-frequency electricity in wireless power transmission. Tesla used it for only one year, until 1900, and it was torn down in 1904 to pay his outstanding debts.

  4. History of Colorado Springs, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    1880: 17,406 [10] 1879: 5,000-5,500[11] Before it was founded, the site of modern-day Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of the American frontier. Old Colorado City, built in 1859 [12] during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was the Colorado Territory capital. The town of Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer as a resort ...

  5. Ruxton Park - Wikipedia

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    Ruxton Park. Coordinates: 38°50′29.96″N 104°58′30.92″W. Halfway House, Ruxton Park, Colorado. The image was taken from Stop at Pike's Peak on your Way to or from the Expositions for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. Ruxton Park is a park in Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado at 9,078 feet (2,767 m) in ...

  6. Project Independence - Wikipedia

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    Project Independence was an initiative announced by U.S. President Richard Nixon on November 7, 1973, [1] in reaction to the OAPEC oil embargo and the resulting 1973 oil crisis. Recalling the Manhattan Project, he stated that the goal of Project Independence was to achieve energy self-sufficiency for the United States by 1980, [2] through a ...

  7. Cheyenne Mountain Complex - Wikipedia

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    NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex (January 20, 1965) [1]: 14. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a United States Space Force installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, next to the city of Colorado Springs, [2] at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, [a] which hosts the activities of several tenant ...

  8. Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant - Wikipedia

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    The Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, constructed in 1890 near Ophir, Colorado, was one of the first (if not the first) commercial system to produce and transmit alternating current (AC) electricity for industrial use and one of the first AC hydro-electric plants ever constructed. [1] It became operational in 1891 and was built by ...

  9. Shoshone Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    The Shoshone Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant on the Colorado River east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. In addition to its power output, the water rights the plant uses are among the oldest on the Colorado River, and play a major role in the flow of water to the Western Slope of Colorado. The Shoshone plant was constructed in ...