Title |
Arco/BORAX Mobile Substation [07] |
Photo Number |
P0206add2n01_14_005 |
Description |
Scan of a photo of "General Electric Company Type CF-7. Recording Ammeter on 75 amp full scale. Mulitply reading by 5 for line current. Chart set 7/17/55. Approx 8:00pm. 1 inch per hr. chart." Recording from July 17, 1955, the day Arco received electric power from atomic energy at the experimental breeder reactor at nearby national laboratory |
Date |
1955-07-17 |
Textual Date |
July 17, 1955 |
Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Arco; Idaho; Borax; General Electric; Ammeter |
Subject |
Electric power transmission-Idaho--Butte County--Photographs; Boiling water reactors--Butte County--Idaho--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Idaho National Laboratory; Butte County (Idaho); Arco (Idaho) |
Latitude |
43.51798 |
Longitude |
-113.00946 |
Additional Information |
Utah Power & Light Company, with a mobile substation, participated in the early experiments at the National Reactor Testing Station (today the Idaho National Laboratory). On December 20, 1951, the Experimental Breeder Reactor-1 produced the first electricity from a nuclear reaction. On July 17, 1955, the BORAX-III reactor provided electric lighting to the nearby town of Argo--the first community in the world ever to be lit by electricity generated by nuclear power. |
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 400dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF. |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s68w450j |
Setname |
uum_map |
ID |
985563 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68w450j |