Ames, Colorado
Ames, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 37°51′53″N 107°52′56″W / 37.8647°N 107.8823°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | San Miguel |
Elevation | 8,720 ft (2,658 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Area code | 970 |
Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Ames is the site of the world's first system to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant.[citation needed] The Ames post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922. [2]
See also
- Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ames
- ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.