National and State Register

Fall Creek Tram at Primos Siding

San Miguel County

Constructed in 1918 with some rebuilding in 1940, the tram is important as the last remaining structure from the vanadium mining industry that operated in the Lower San Miguel Mining District.

A black and white photo of an elevated building with wood siding and wires emerging to the right with mountain in the background.

Fall Creek Tram at Primos Siding (1997 photograph.)

The tram is one of very few surviving aerial tramways in the region. 

State Register

Address

Off Hwy. 145, west of Sawpit, Telluride vicinity

Site Number

5SM.2847