Historic Fall River Hydroplant (Seasonal) — Attraction in Four Corners States

Very informative hour-long presentation & tour. It's free! Quite fascinating to learn about what the town was like over 100 years ago, and the history of the Stanley brothers. A good chunk of the presentation is dedicated to the Flood of 1982, in which the Lawn Lake Dam failed, creating the Alluvial Fan inside Rocky Mountain NP, and sending just a tiny bit of water down the Roaring River, into the Fall River, breaching the Cascade Dam (which was constructed for the hydroplant), flooding the hydroplant and continuing into Estes Park (as luck would have it, Lake Estes was abnormally low that year, and was able to accommodate the flood waters that made...

This museum may be small but its how Estes Park became Estes Park of today. This hydroelectric plant was built in 1909 by F O Stanley to power his then new hotel. One of the first hotels in the country to have electricity. Some of the original equipment can be seen at the museum. This hydroelectric plant generated electricity until 1982 when the failure of Lawn Lake flood took it out of commission. The two docents here the day I visited were very educational and knew their history. I enjoyed! By the way it is free but donations...

My grandparents lived there in the little house rigrlyht next to the to the plant. My grandpa George And grandma Kathren ran the plant from 1945 till 1982 when flood nearly wiped it away. Some of best times of my childhood...