| Title |
James A. Bullock Steam Electric Plant, Montrose, Colorado [081] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n02_05_072 |
| Description |
Scan of a photo of construction of the Western Colorado Power Company's Montrose (Bullock) Steam Electric Station: "July 18, 1950. No. 31. Air heater tubes, building piles and beams and warehouse add to activity on the site." |
| Date |
1950-07-18 |
| Textual Date |
July 18, 1950 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Colorado; Steam power; Construction; Air heater tubes |
| Subject |
Steam power plants--Colorado--Montrose--Photographs; Coal-fired power plants--Colorado--Montrose--Photographs; Western Colorado Power Company--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Montrose (Colo.); Montrose County (Colo.) |
| Latitude |
38.472233 |
| Longitude |
-107.878172 |
| Additional Information |
The first unit of the power plant was constucted in Montrose in 1950 as part of a 25-year public power agreement and at the time was called the Montrose Steam Electric Plant. The second unit, constructed in 1953, changed the name to the James A Bullock Steam Electric SE. The plant was named for the vice president and general manager of Western Colorado Power Company starting in 1938. Originally powered by coal, it was converted to natural gas in 1973, but it proved unprofitable, and the plant was closed in 1983. After WCPC was broken up in 1975 the Bullock plant became property of the Colorado Ute Electric Association (CUEA), which declared bankruptcy in 1992 |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0206 Rocky Mountain Power Company Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Rocky Mountain Power Company |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| Finding Aid |
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv479461 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 400 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6m62b3d |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
986350 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m62b3d |
