BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Mountain BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190915T224115Z UID:5D00B851-761A-45FC-805F-2AE485B1AF7E DTSTART;TZID=US/Mountain:20190914T120000 DTEND;TZID=US/Mountain:20190914T150000 DESCRIPTION:For this quarter's luncheon meeting\, we are having a joint mee ting with the Pikes Peak Life Members Affinity Group. The meeting will be held at The Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. Our fea tured speaker will be Al Schaffer\, who is a retired member of the Pikes P eak LMAG. His topic will be The Ames Hydro Power Plant: The First HV AC Tr ansmission Anywhere.\n\nIn 1888-90\, the battle for the dominant form of e lectrical power was underway between Thomas Edison/GE and Nicolas Tesla/We stinghouse in New York. In Colorado\, the Gold King Mine was going bankrup t powering its Gold Mill with steam fueled by wood hauled by donkeys. Luci an Nunn\, Telluride banker & investor in the Gold King Mine & brother\, Pa ul Nunn\, an engineer convinced Westinghouse to become the first Hydro pow er plant using AC generator\, AC transmission line\, and AC generators to operate the Gold King Mine operations. This presentation tells the story t his first design\, how equipment was delivered to Mine by the Rio Grande S outhern Railroad\, how the facility was built and 3KV transmission was run for 2.6 miles to the Gold Mill. After several iterations\, the current Am es Power Plant has been operational since 1905 generating 3.6 MW of power. \n\nLunch will be provided as an assortment of box lunches from Panera. Pl ease make your choice of box lunch with your registration. An assortment o f sodas and bottled water will also be provided. Please note any special d ietary requirements in the Special Requests field with your registration.\ n\nAn optional tour of the Space Foundation Discovery Center will be avail able following the meeting ($7.50 admission fee).\n\nAbout the Discovery C enter: The Space Foundation Discovery Center is the region's first and onl y dedicated space\, science and technology center.\n\nhttps://www.discover space.org\n\nCo-sponsored by: David Bondurant (dbondurant@mac.com\, 719-66 1-7889)\n\nSpeaker(s): Al Schaffer\, Retired PE\, \n\nAgenda: \nBox Lunche s & Drinks Provided By the Sections\n\nIntroductions By Each Attendee\n\nP resentation by Al Schaffer\, Pikes Peak Section\n\nOptional Tour of Space Foundation Discovery Center Following Meeting ($7.50 admission fee)\n\nRoo m: General James E Hill Conference Room\, Bldg: US Space Foundation Discov ery Center\, 4425 Arrowswest Drive\, Colorado Springs\, Colorado\, United States\, 80907 LOCATION:Room: General James E Hill Conference Room\, Bldg: US Space Founda tion Discovery Center\, 4425 Arrowswest Drive\, Colorado Springs\, Colorad o\, United States\, 80907 ORGANIZER:lmag@ieee-denver.org SEQUENCE:13 SUMMARY:Joint Pikes Peak and Denver IEEE Life Member Affinity Group Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/202920 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="page" title="Page 1">\n<div class ="section">\n<div class="layoutArea">\n<div class="column">\n<p><span styl e="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; background-color: #ffffff\;">For this quarter's luncheon meeting \, we are having a joint meeting with the Pikes Peak Life Members Affinity Group. The meeting will be held at The Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. Our featured speaker will be Al Schaffer\, who is a r etired member of the Pikes Peak LMAG. His topic will be <span style="text- decoration: underline\;">The Ames Hydro Power Plant: The First HV AC Trans mission Anywhere</span>.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: a rial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; backgro und-color: #ffffff\;">In 1888-90\, the battle for the dominant form of ele ctrical power was underway between Thomas Edison/GE and Nicolas Tesla/West inghouse in New York. In Colorado\, the Gold King Mine was going bankrupt powering its Gold Mill with steam fueled by wood hauled by donkeys. Lucian Nunn\, Telluride banker &amp\; investor in the Gold King Mine &amp\; brot her\, Paul Nunn\, an engineer convinced Westinghouse to become the first H ydro power plant using AC generator\, AC transmission line\, and AC genera tors to operate the Gold King Mine operations. This presentation tells the story this first design\, how equipment was delivered to Mine by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad\, how the facility was built and 3KV transmission was run for 2.6 miles to the Gold Mill. After several iterations\, the cu rrent Ames Power Plant has been operational since 1905 generating 3.6 MW o f power.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans -serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; background-color: #ffffff\;">L unch will be provided as an assortment of box lunches from Panera. Please make your choice of box lunch with your registration. An assortment of sod as and bottled water will also be provided. Please note any special dietar y requirements in the Special Requests field with your registration.</span ></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font- size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; background-color: #ffffff\;">An optional tou r of the Space Foundation Discovery Center will be available following the meeting (<span style="text-decoration: line-through\;">$7.50 admission fe e</span>).&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helveti ca\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; background-color: #ff ffff\;">About the Discovery Center: The Space Foundation Discovery Center is the region's first and only dedicated space\, science and technology ce nter.</span></p>\n<div class="page" title="Page 1">\n<div class="section"> \n<div class="layoutArea">\n<div class="column">\n<p><span style="font-fam ily: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; b ackground-color: #ffffff\;">https://www.discoverspace.org</span></p>\n</di v>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div><br /><br />Agen da: <br /><p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; fo nt-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; background-color: #ffffff\;">Box Lunches &amp\; Drinks Provided By the Sections</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-fa mily: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; background-color: #ffffff\;">Introductions By Each Attendee</span></p>\n<p ><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12p t\; color: #000000\; background-color: #ffffff\;">Presentation by Al Schaf fer\, Pikes Peak Section</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: #000000\; background-col or: #ffffff\;">Optional Tour of Space Foundation Discovery Center Followin g Meeting (<span style="text-decoration: line-through\;">$7.50 admission f ee)</span></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR