Pioneer Work of the Telluride Power Company

This 1905 article from Cassier's Magazine details the remarkable achievements of the Telluride Power Company in its efforts to link the mines of the San Juan Mountains with affordable hydroelectric power. The power plant at Ames is considered the first commercial application of long-distance alternating-current power distribution in the world.
(1905 Cassier's Magazine)

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