Colorado River Headwaters Byway
Farr Pumping Plant and Colorado-Big Thompson Project, CO
The Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT) takes water from Grand Lake to the east side of the Continental Divide. C-BT is the largest trans-mountain diversion project ever built. Completed in 1951, Farr Pumping Plant is the heart of C-BT and the center of the West Slope collection system. The plant pumps water from Lake Granby into Shadow Mountain Reservoir via the Granby Pump Canal and then into Grand Lake, where the water travels to the Eastern Slope via the Adams Tunnel.
Quick Facts
- Location:
The turn-off to Farr Pumping Plant is located on US-40 approximately 5 miles from the start of the Byway at Grand Lake Village. A sign on the south side of the road indicates the turn on the east side of the road, and the plant is on the north shore of Lake Granby.
- N 40.182° W 105.870° [?]
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