Shoshone Transmission Line
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The Shoshone Transmission Line was an early and notable electric power transmission
line, now recorded on the List of IEEE Milestones.
The line began service on July 17, 1909, conveying power from the Shoshone Hydroelectric Generating Station, located on the Colorado River
near Glenwood Springs
, to Denver, Colorado
. It was 153.4 miles long, operated at 90 kV
, and crossed the Continental Divide
three times at altitudes of up to 13,500 feet.
The IEEE has honored the line for its length, and for deployment in difficult terrain and unusually harsh weather patterns.
Electric power transmission
Electric-power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to Electrical substations located near demand centers...
line, now recorded on the List of IEEE Milestones.
The line began service on July 17, 1909, conveying power from the Shoshone Hydroelectric Generating Station, located on the Colorado River
Colorado River
The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...
near Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
The City of Glenwood Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimated that the city population was 8,564 in 2005...
, to Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
. It was 153.4 miles long, operated at 90 kV
Volt
The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...
, and crossed the Continental Divide
Continental Divide
The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Gulf of Division or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain...
three times at altitudes of up to 13,500 feet.
The IEEE has honored the line for its length, and for deployment in difficult terrain and unusually harsh weather patterns.