The Last Stand
Photo archive for July 20, 2007
Angelina Prendergast performs a pointe ballet routine during a dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of “An Evening of Dance” at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday evening.
Janney Kim performs a pointe ballet routine during a dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of “An Evening of Dance” at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday evening.
A group of dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of “An Evening of Dance” at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday evening.
Kelly Hannegan performs a pointe ballet routine during a dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of “An Evening of Dance” at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday evening.
Kelly Hannegan performs a pointe ballet routine during a dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of “An Evening of Dance” at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday evening.
Kelly Hannegan performs a pointe ballet routine during a dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of “An Evening of Dance” at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday evening.
Blues musician Henry Butler, blind since the age of 3, has released nine albums during his career.
The guys of Great American Taxi wave from a steamboat while touring last fall. The band will play at Mahogany Ridge at 9 p.m. today.
Zanobia has made Steamboat Springs and the surrounding area the focus of her attention as a painter. Now, she plans to share what’s she’s learned with fellow artists by teaching classes for people of all abilities.
Wildlife and nature photographer Ken Lee inside Gallery 11. Lee will host several workshops during which local photographers can learn from his experience and skills behind the camera.
Poppies are a beautiful addition to Steamboat Springs gardens. It doesn’t hurt that they’re nearly ‘idiot proof.’
Mike Arbuckle helps direct the flow of traffic around a street-paving project in downtown Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon.
Team of Steamboat Springs ultimate Frisbee player Andrew Bumpas stretches out to catch the flying disc while practicing this week. TOSS meets for pick-up games twice a week and competes at a handful of tournaments throughout the summer.
Ultimate Frisbee player Caitlyn McKenzie wings a pass to a teammate while practicing earlier this week. McKenzie said Steamboat Springs’ ultimate Frisbee club, which meets at Ski Town and Whistler parks Monday and Wednesday in the summer, is growing.
John Winograsky rides his bike down Seventh Street in downtown Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon. Seventh Street is one of a few roads to which city officials propose to add designated bike lanes painted on the pavement in the near future.
Vali Nasr, author of “The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam will Shape the Future and Democracy in Iran,” speaks during a Seminars at Steamboat lecture at the Strings in the Mountains tent Thursday night.
Coal from Foidel Creek Mine near Hayden is transported several times a week to power plants across Colorado. Many trains carrying coal from the mine find their way through Steamboat Springs, like this one traveling under the James Brown Soul Center of the Universe Bridge on July 11.
A Caterpillar truck hauls coal to the entrance of Hayden Station on July 2. A nearly continuous stream of trucks deliver coal to the plant each day.
Technical specialist Glenn Jones describes the coal acquisition and redistribution process during a plant tour at Hayden Station on July 2. Hayden Station burns about 5,000 tons of coal each day.
Technical specialist Glenn Jones describes a few of the major plant operating procedures during a plant tour at Hayden Station on July 2. Hayden Station burns about 5,000 tons of coal each day.
Mountains of coal arrive daily at the Hayden Station power plant in order to keep the plant running at full capacity. The plant burns about 5,000 tons of coal each day and nearly 1.8 million tons each year.
Plant director Sharon Brady helps guide a tour through the massive generator room inside Hayden Station on July 2.
Giant power lines carry electrical power out of Hayden Station and onto the western power grid just east of Hayden. Power generated at Hayden Station serves electrical customers as far away as California.
A maze made up of many miles of piping winds throughout the 13 stories of the Hayden Station power plant, carrying the super-heated steam and coal dust necessary to generate 446 megawatts of electrical power.
Hayden Station, shown here during a plant tour July 2, burns about 5,000 tons of coal each day, 1.8 million tons of coal each year and generates about 446 megawatts of electrical power.
The baghouse at Hayden Station, shown here during a tour on July 2, helps clean and purify the byproducts of coal combustion in order to help the plant meet current EPA regulations for clean air and material discharge.
Safety signs, such as this one shown on July 2, hang on several walls inside and outside of Hayden Station. Safety is the utmost concern for the 95 employees at the plant.
Mountains of coal arrive daily at the Hayden Station Power Plant in order to keep the plant running at full capacity. The plant burns about 5,000 tons of coal each day and nearly 1.8 million tons each year.
Mountains of coal arrive daily at the Hayden Station Power Plant in order to keep the plant running at full capacity. The plant burns about 5,000 tons of coal each day and nearly 1.8 million tons each year.
Feedwater heater tanks operate continuously to keep steam flowing throughout the closed loop of the power-generation sector in Hayden Station on July 2.
An electronic control panel deep within the Hayden Station Power Plant provides operators with data regarding the coal feeder's rate of activity.
Jeff Scheele, a control room operator at Hayden Station, helps to monitor a series of computer screens July 2. The control room operators are capable of controlling more than 95 percent of all the plant's operations from a single room.
Coal feeders work to deliver coal to combustion chambers inside Hayden Station during a plant tour July 2. The feeders are able to process more than 17 tons of coal per hour.
One of two stacks at Hayden Station works continuously to pump off excess water vapor as the plant pumps out 446 megawatts of electrical power July 2.
Sharon Brady, director of Hayden Station, explains the coal-powered electrical generation process during a plant tour in Hayden on July 2.
Technical specialist Glenn Jones describes operation of the cooling towers during a plant tour at Hayden Station on July 2. The cooling towers work to cool and condense steam heated during the coal combustion process so that it can be reused.
Power plant director Sharon Brady, from front, technical specialist Glenn Jones and Ron Murphy, plant engineer, lead a team of operators at the Xcel Energy-owned Hayden Station in the generation of 446 megawatts of electrical power.
The Craig Station Power Plant, shown here on June 20, is operated by Tri-State Generation and Transmission and works day and night to pump out 1,300 megawatts of electrical power.
Giant power lines carry electrical power out of Hayden Station and onto the western power grid just east of Hayden. Power generated at Hayden Station serves electrical customers as far away as California.
The Craig Station power plant, shown here on June 20 and operated by Tri-State Generation and Transmission, works day and night to pump out 1,300 megawatts of electrical power.
Hundreds of footprints line the walkways through the bowels of Hayden Station during a plant tour July 2. The footprints are made in a small layer of extremely fine coal dust that spews from tiny pinholes in the coal pipes leading to the generators.
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