Originally a supply town for mining camps, the town of Nederland is located along Middle Boulder Creek. In the early part of the 20th Century, the Public Service Company of Colorado built a reservoir in Barker Meadows below Nederland to store water for generating hydroelectric power further down Boulder Canyon. One of the first dams in the world built with pre-stressed concrete, Barker Dam is currently owned by the Public Service Company, although the city of Boulder holds water rights to much of the water stored in the reservoir. Some 40% of the city of Boulder's drinking water currently comes from Barker Reservoir.

Image/Location	Date	Photographer	Source/Copyright
Bailey Mill Dam- Hessie	1935	D. C. Kemp	DPL Western History
Eldora Winter	1888	Nora Thompson	DPL Western History
Peterson Lake & Loco	1955	D. C. Kemp	DPL Western History
Frosty Morning Near Eldora	April, 1939	D.C. Kemp	DPL Western History
Nederland Park (pre reservoir)	1890	William H. Jackson	DPL Western History
Barker Meadows Flooding	1900	Ives	DPL Western History
Barker Dam Construction	April 26, 1910	L.C. McClure	DPL Western History
Barker Reservoir	1909(?)	Ed Tangen	DPL Western History
Barker Dam from Southeast	1939	D.C. Kemp	DPL Western History