Re: Shorpy is on a roll: power house in Silverton...

bcp Wrote:
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> Powerhouse--Google street view:
> [www.google.com]
> 91,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU8u7Y0zalrP3
> oQyXsqjPQw!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
>
> Anyone notice the boxcars on the right side of the
> powerhouse photo?

Paul Ferguson Wrote (below):
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> The Municipal Electric Light Plant was located in
> 11th Street and had a spur from the D&RGW to
> deliver coal as there were coal bins adjacent to
> the structure - from what I have read by 1911 it
> was no longer being used used for power
> generation. The building later became a
> maintenance building for San Juan County and was
> demolished in 1946 as part of road works on 11th
> Street.
>
> The Animas Light & Power Company building,
> pictured in the Google view was/is located next
> to the SN trackage between Silverton and Waldheim,
> in the current industrial area and commenced
> operating in November 1906.


Thanks, youse guys -

So the brick structure I remembered seeing in Silverton was the Animas Light & Power Co. building, NOT the power house in the Shorpy photo.

If you scroll around to the right in the Google street view, the near side of the light-colored building farther back is where Fritz has his office; the southeast half of the building is occupied by a snowboard company.

- Roosso