page_title: Morrow Point Dam
section_title: External links
hierarchical_section_title: Morrow Point Dam / External links
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of Morrow Point Powerplant, Colorado, USA Français&#160;: Intérieur de la centrale electrique du Barrage Morrow Point, Colorado, États-Unis
context_page_description: Morrow Point Dam is a 468-foot-tall concrete double-arch dam on the Gunnison River located in Colorado, the first dam of its type built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Located in the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison, it creates Morrow Point Reservoir, and is within the National Park Service-operated Curecanti National Recreation Area. The dam is between the Blue Mesa Dam and the Crystal Dam. Morrow Point Dam and reservoir are part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Wayne N. Aspinall Unit of the Colorado River Storage Project, which retains the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries for agricultural and municipal use in the American Southwest. The dam's primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation.
context_section_description: Morrow Point Dam at the Bureau of Reclamation
  Morrow Point Powerplant at the Bureau of Reclamation
  Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit at Curecanti National Recreation Area
caption: Morrow Point Powerplant interior
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