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Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Forest Service Road 708/502, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ
Summary
Significance: The Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project encompasses a unique water-pressure/electric-turbine system according to engineering historians evaluating the historic complex since 1976 that 1) was constructed with great effort in an extremely remote landscape, 2) captured a natural water source and followed dramatic topography, 3) generated electric power in a remarkably simple and efficient manner, and 4) operated continuously for 95 years.
Survey number: HAER AZ-65
Building/structure dates: 1908-1909 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1915-1916 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Tutt, Iva, engineer
Viele, Francis S, engineer
Masson, Raymond S, engineer
U.S. Department of Agriculture, owner
Padilla, Mary, transmitter
SWCA Environmental Consultants, contractor
Martin, Linda, project manager
Location
Camp Verde (Ariz.), 34.56364, -111.85432
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
