James A. Bullock Steam Electric Plant, Montrose, Colorado [073]

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Title James A. Bullock Steam Electric Plant, Montrose, Colorado [073]
Photo Number P0206add2n02_05_087
Description Scan of a photo of construction of the Western Colorado Power Company's Montrose (Bullock) Steam Electric Station: "July 7, 1950. No. 23. Forms being set for warehouse foundation. View looking South'
Date 1950-07-07
Textual Date July 7, 1950
Keywords Rocky Mountain Power; Colorado; Steam power; Construction
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/s62f8db3
Setname uum_map
ID 986331
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62f8db3
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