The Fall River Pump House and Catchment Basin in

Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and ...

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

, are utility structures which treat water for the Fall River Pass Museum and the

Alpine Visitor Center Rocky Mountain National Park's Alpine Visitor Center is located at 11,796 feet (3,595 m) above sea level at Fall River Pass, one mile west of the highest point on Trail Ridge Road and four miles east of the Continental Divide at Milner Pass in ...

Description

Built in 1938, the facility was designed by

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

landscape architects L. Fletcher and W.G. Hill in the

National Park Service Rustic National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings ...

style then favored. The pump house is a simple stone-faced concrete building, built into the hillside. The catchment basin captures a stream behind a small stone-faced concrete dam.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Rocky Mountain National Park Buildings and structures in Larimer County, Colorado Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Water supply infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places Water supply pumping stations on the National Register of Historic Places Water in Colorado Infrastructure completed in 1938 National Park Service rustic in Colorado Former pumping stations National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colorado 1938 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-NRHP-stub

Description

See also

References