NEWS & EVENTS
Investigation of the Construction of Hanging Flume
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Flume Fever Podcast
Flume Fever from Mara Ferris on Vimeo. read more →
Naturally inclined: GJ woman makes name for herself in environmental filmmaking
Courtesy of the GJ Sentinel GJ woman makes name for herself in environmental filmmaking By Melinda Mawdsley EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of stories following local environmental filmmaker Mara Ferris as she works on a video chronicling the re-stabilization of the Driggs Mansion on the Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway. Ferris.. read more →
San Miguel River: 48 feet of the historic hanging flume has been restored
Courtesy of Coyote Gulch San Miguel River: 48 feet of the historic hanging flume has been restored Click on the thumbnail graphic to the right for an aerial shot of the San Miguel River canyon. The hanging flume, before the restoration, is along the cliff wall in the middle of the photo. Here’s a report from.. read more →
121-year-old western Colorado mining flume clings to its secrets
Courtesy of The Denver Post By Nancy Lofholm WESTERN MONTROSE COUNTY — There is something about the tattered remnants of a 121-year-old mining marvel that keeps drawing the curious back to this remote canyon along Colorado 141. Those who keep returning to measure, survey, photograph and examine the mysterious structure known as the Hanging Flume call.. read more →
Reconstruction of Historic Site in Montrose County Begins
Courtesy of KREX TV Channel 5 MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo.- The cliffs of the Dolores River are home to the 13-mile long hanging flume, a historic site that, starting on Wednesday, will undergo reconstruction. During the renovation, which will last about five days, construction crews will rappel down the mountain to ensure they conserve every aspect.. read more →
Engineering Marvel Unaweep Canyon Hanging Flume to be Reconstructed
Courtesy of the GJ Sentinel By Kathy Jordan Thursday, April 5, 2012 The hanging flume, of which 7 of its 13 miles clings to a red-rock wall along the San Miguel River in the San Miguel and Dolores Rivers canyons, might leave viewers wondering why and when this wooden structure was built. Gold was.. read more →
Hanging Flume – World Monuments Fund
Courtesy of the World Monuments Fund Montrose County, Colorado, United States WMF Program – 2006 Watch Among the more remarkable remnants of America’s nineteenth-century gold rush is the Hanging Flume, a 21-kilometer track built along the walls of Colorado’s Dolores River Canyon that was used to transport more than 30 million liters of water a day.. read more →
Hanging Flume, Uravan, Colorado
Courtesy of Vertical Access Quarterly By Kelly Streeter The Flume The cliffs of the Dolores River are the site of one of the longest historic structures in Colorado: the 13-mile long remnant of a hanging flume just north of Uravan, Colorado. Built over three years in the 1880’s, the flume carried water to the hydraulic.. read more →