Title |
Jim Bridger Power Plant, Sweetwater County, Wyoming [05] |
Photo Number |
P0206add2n02_04_003 |
Description |
Scan of a photo of the Jim Bridger Power Plant in Point of Rocks, Wyoming. Four smoke stacks and the plant in the background |
Date |
1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980 |
Textual Date |
circa 1975 |
Keywords |
Coal; Wyoming; Rocky Mountain Power; Point of Rocks; Electric power-plants; Smokestacks |
Subject |
Coal-fired power plants--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Sweetwater County (Wyo.) |
Latitude |
41.737428 |
Longitude |
-108.787106 |
Additional Information |
The Jim Bridger Power Station is a 2,120-megawatt facility that is one of the largest coal-fired electric power generation facilities in the western Untited States. Commissioned in 1974, it is operated by PacifiCorp (parent company of Rocky Mountain Power), and co-owns it along with Idaho Power. It is supplied by the nearby Jim Bridger Coal Mine. They are located about four miles north of Point of Rocks in Sweetwater County, Wyoming |
Collection Number and Name |
P0206 Rocky Mountain Power Company Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Rocky Mountain Power Company |
Rights |
![IN COPYRIGHT](/img/rights/inc.svg) |
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/s6223kj5 |
Setname |
uum_map |
ID |
986215 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6223kj5 |