Utility Right-of-Way (hydro plant to sawmill) - Utility Right-of-Way - Valley Vista Condo Neighborhood - Within easy walking distance of Black Hills State University (BHSU) and downtown. Built in 1994, it is the first residential structure in Spearfish with an elevator and a fire sprinkler system. Three-story (ground level is 24 garages) soundproof building of 12 units, each with 1430 sq ft.

Utility Right-of-Way (hydro plant to sawmill)

Utility Right-of-Way

60' wide Utility Right-of-Way(ROW) running from Homestake Gold Mine's 4 MW hydroelectric plant#1 finished in 1912 to its sawmill. The plant, which is near Spearfish City Park where the two branches of Spearfish Creek join, generated electricity for the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, SD and for its Spearfish sawmill. Link: http://www.city.spearfish.sd.us/publicworks/hydroplant.htm
The ROW has above-ground electric distribution wires and poles and is also suitable for underground insulated hot water pipes for a district heating and cooling system powered by a waste wood combined heat and power (CHP) plant on the sawmill grounds. CHP is also known as cogeneration.

Valley Vista Condo Neighborhood

Within easy walking distance of Black Hills State University (BHSU) and downtown. Built in 1994, it is the first residential structure in Spearfish with an elevator and a fire sprinkler system. Three-story (ground level is 24 garages) soundproof building of 12 units, each with 1430 sq ft.