BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T174313Z UID:F2632F5B-164C-4EE4-9C3D-270990DEEDB5 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251216T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251216T130000 DESCRIPTION:The Ames Hydro Power Plant: The First HV AC Transmission Anywhe re\n\nAl Schaffer\, Retired PE\n\nPikes Peak Section Life Member\n\nIn 188 8-90\, the battle for the dominant form of electrical power was underway b etween Thomas Edison/GE and Nikola Tesla/Westinghouse in New York. In Colo rado\, the Gold King Mine was going bankrupt powering its Gold Mill with s team fueled by wood hauled by donkeys. Lucian Nunn\, Telluride banker & in vestor in the Gold King Mine & brother\, Paul Nunn\, an engineer convinced Westinghouse to become the first Hydro power plant using AC generator\, A C transmission line\, and AC generators to operate the Gold King Mine oper ations. This presentation tells the story this first design\, how equipmen t was delivered to Mine by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad\, how the faci lity was built and 3KV transmission was run for 2.6 miles to the Gold Mill . After several iterations\, the current Ames Power Plant has been operati onal since 1905 generating 3.6 MW of power.\n\nThe Ames Hydroelectric Gene rating Plant was the IEEE Pikes Peak Section's first IEEE Milestone in 198 8.\n\nSpeaker(s): Al Schaffer\, \n\nAgenda: \nNetworking & Lunch\n\nPresen tation\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\nBldg: Downtown Panino's\, 604 North Tejon Street\, Colorado Springs\, Colorado\, United States\, 80903 LOCATION:Bldg: Downtown Panino's\, 604 North Tejon Street\, Colorado Spring s\, Colorado\, United States\, 80903 ORGANIZER:dbondurant@mac.com SEQUENCE:37 SUMMARY:The Ames Hydro Power Plant: The First HV AC Transmission Anywhere URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/519729 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font- size: 18pt\;"><strong>The Ames Hydro Power Plant: The First HV AC Transmis sion Anywhere</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Al S chaffer\, Retired PE</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Pikes Peak Section Life Member</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">In 1888-90\, the battle for the dominant form of electrical power was underw ay between Thomas Edison/GE and Nikola Tesla/Westinghouse in New York.<spa n class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp\; </span>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 G old King Mine &amp\; brother\, Paul Nunn\, an engineer convinced Westingho use to become the first Hydro power plant using AC generator\, AC transmis sion line\, and AC generators to operate the Gold King Mine operations.<sp an class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp\; </span>This presentation tells th e story this first design\, how equipment was delivered to Mine by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad\, how the facility was built and 3KV transmissio n was run for 2.6 miles to the Gold Mill.<span class="Apple-converted-spac e">&nbsp\; </span>After several iterations\, the current Ames Power Plant has been operational since 1905 generating 3.6 MW of power.</span></p>\n<p ><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">The Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant w as the IEEE Pikes Peak Section's first IEEE Milestone in 1988.</span></p>\ n<p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/dc278 9fd-94f2-40aa-b7ee-0f6dd440962e"></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Networki ng &amp\; Lunch</p>\n<p>Presentation</p>\n<p>Questions &amp\; Answers</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR