Loveland Dam, also known as Sweetwater Falls Dam, is a thin arch design of concrete built in 1945. Loveland Reservoir is one of the two manmade lakes made by dams along the Sweetwater River.

A valve at the base of the Loveland Dam near Alpine was opened Monday, allowing billions of gallons of water to thunder down the valley toward Sweetwater Reservoir in Spring Valley. “It’s a ...

Loveland, near Alpine, ... The last time Sweetwater opened the Loveland dam was in early 2021 when it captured 2.7 billion gallons and avoided an estimated $9.1 million purchase to import water.

LOVELAND, Colo.—The Dam Store has been a stopping point for travelers in the Big Thompson Canyon for more than 100 years. The unique business has provided a resting place for travelers and ...

The dam, which will be the fourth largest in Colorado when completed, is now 50% completed. "This is a new 350-foot-tall rock-filled dam. This is the tallest new dam built in all of the United ...

LOVELAND, Colo.—The Loveland City Council has agreed to split the cost of repairing the flood-damaged Big Dam with the Home Supply Irrigating & Reservoir Co. The dam that diverts water on the ...

Construction crews began installing the asphalt core of Chimney Hollow dam — only the second dam in the U.S. with asphalt at its center to serve as a “water stop” — in 2022, a year that ...

A crew from Gerrard Excavating Inc. works Friday at Nelson Dam on Larimer County Road 29 near the Loveland Water Treatment Plant. The historic dam was damaged during the 2013 flood, and crews are ...

Workers walk on the asphalt core dam as crews work to finish construction at Chimney Hollow Reservoir Wednesday, April 2, 2025, west of Loveland. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald) Among those ...

Workers walk on the asphalt core dam as crews work to finish construction at Chimney Hollow Reservoir Wednesday, April 2, 2025, west of Loveland. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald) Among those ...