Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona); Utah Parks Company; Utah Parks Company--Employees
Tramline basket nicknamed "Studebaker" in Grand Canyon National Park. A gondola type car on which supplies and personnel were taken down into the construction site at Roaring Springs, Grnad Canyon.
Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona); Utah Parks Company
Hauling poles in the Grand Canyon National Park. A precarious load of poles going down the tram to provide power poles for the electrical system to provide power to the lodge at the North Rim.
Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona); Utah Parks Company
Tram upper terminal in Grand Canyon National Park. Carrier cable on top and haulback. Head frame and tower of tram that was built to lower equipment and material to construct the pumping station and Hydro electric generators at Roaring Springs. ...
Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona)
Personnel installing the metal rings around redwood penstock that provides water to the power plant. Pipe was built out of tongue and groove red wood material held together by metal rod rings that were threaded to be tightened to keep the wood...
Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona)
Diversion structure to fill the penstock that takes the water to the water driven turbines of the power plant at Roaring Springs. Photo from Ed Turek collection.
Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona)
Water storage tank built on the North Rim to store water pumped from Roaring Springs up 3,400 feet in elevation to this site. When built, this was the highest single stage water lift known. Photo from Ed Turek collection