Pumphouse / Dam rapid

Pumphouse is a two part rapid. Run towards center at the start working to keep the laterals from pushing you onto the old pumphouse. For the second half start center then work right of center unless you want a big hit in which case stay center to left of center. The name Pumphouse comes from the old building on the right from where the caretaker would open the dam gates to fill the pipeline that flows from all the way through the gorge on river right into Cañon City. The pipeline was built from 1908 and 1910 and was a 7-mile long, 30-inch cedar pipe that supplied water to the city for many years. The pipeline was abandoned in 1973.