Jim Bridger Power Plant, Sweetwater County, Wyoming [16]

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Title Jim Bridger Power Plant, Sweetwater County, Wyoming [16]
Photo Number P0206add2n02_04_016 neg
Description Scan of a negative of the Jim Bridger Power Plant with piles of coal around it
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
Type Image
Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv479461
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Nikon Super CoolScan 4000 ED Film Scanner, RGB, at 4000 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6v990xw
Setname uum_map
ID 986232
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v990xw
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