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4ft--ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS- Denver 1, Colo., Tuesday, Aug. 28,1982 The third generating unit in the Public Service Co.'s Cherokee Station, north of Denver, was dedicated Monday in the dual cere mony which also saw the start of construction of a new unit for the Valmont Station near Boulder. The Cherokee Station, shown here, now is the company's largest plant and also the largest in the Rooky Mountain region. PSC Generating Unit Dedicated, 2d Started The Public Service Co. Monday dedicated its largest electric generating unit and broke ground for construction of another just as large. j Dedicated was Generating Unit pany president, said at the cere No. 3 at the company's Cherokee monies. Station, on Denver's northern out Person also said the capacity of skirts. The ground-breaking ceremonies the two new units would have been adequate for the company's were held at the Valmont Station, four miles east of Boulder. entire electric supply of only years ago. 12 Present for the two ceremonies Both the Cherokee and Val were company stockholders, local mont Stations have land and and state government officials and water available for additional press representatives, who were expansion and it now is anti taken to the two generating sta cipated that the Cherokee Sta tions in chartered buses. tion eventually will have six The Cherokee Station, E. 62d generating units In operation. ave. and Franklin st, Is the At present, the Cherokee Sta newest and largest of the Public tion, when operating at capacity, Service Co.'s IS plants. It was uses about 1500 tons, or 27 car begun In 1955 and, with the in loads, of coal daily. Storage at stallation of the third unit, It the plant now is approximately now has a generating capacity 160,000 tons of coal. of 360,000 kilowatts. Water used in the steam con Capacity of the newest unit is denser and cooling tower Is circu 150,000 kilowatts. lated at the rate of 95,000 gallons The Valmont Station, in opera per minute. tion since 1923, has four generat In addition to the work at the ing units with a capacity of 107,- Cherokee and Valmont Stations, 500 kilowatts. The new unit will since the end of World War II the have more capacity than the pres company has built nine new gen ent four, Robert T. Person, com erating units, Person said. WAD00839