Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [021]

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Title Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [021]
Photo Number P0206add2n03_16_021
Description Scan of a photo of people looking at the dials and meters in the Gadsby plant during a tour
Creator Hal Rumel. 49 West. Third South. Salt Lake City, Utah
Date 1951-11-21
Textual Date November 21, 1951
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
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/s6bz6z04
Setname uum_map
ID 987482
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz6z04
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