Title |
Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [051] |
Photo Number |
P0206add2n04_01_011 |
Description |
Scan of a photo with caption: "Gadsby plant, Utah Power and Light Co's new steam-electric generating station in Salt Lake City, will be the largest in the Intermountain area when it is fully completed next year. Plant 's first section. Capable of producing 66,000 kilowatts is already in service, and the 75,000 kilowatt second section will go into operation in October, 1952" |
Creator |
Hal Rumel. 49 West Third South. Salt Lake City 1, Utah |
Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Power and Light; Salt Lake City; Gadsby; Steam power |
Subject |
Electric power-plants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Coal-fired power plants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah) |
Latitude |
40.768511 |
Longitude |
-111.928072 |
Additional Information |
The 353-megawatt Gadsby Plant is named for George M. Gadsby, a former president of Utah Power & Light Co., now Rocky Mountain Power. Units 1, 2 and 3 were commissioned between 1951 and 1955 on a 2,500-acre site in Salt Lake City. It was fueled primarily by coal until 1987. In the early 1990s, the plant's three units were retooled for natural gas, and capable of generating 231 megawatts |
Collection Number and Name |
P0206 Rocky Mountain Power Company Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Rocky Mountain Power Company |
Rights |
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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/s65m6xpp |
Setname |
uum_map |
ID |
987615 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65m6xpp |