| Title |
Carbon Power Plant, Castle Gate, Utah [177] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n02_08_011 |
| Description |
Scan of a photo of "excavation work for Utah Power and Light Company's 66,000-kilowatt, mine-mouth plant was begun in July 1953. The Castle Gate, Utah Plant was built in area cleared at lower elevation(foreground). Power shovel on hill readies site for cooling tower." |
| Date |
1953-07 |
| Textual Date |
July 1953 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Steam; Coal; Carbon Plant; Castle Gate; Construction |
| Subject |
Coal-fired power plants--Utah--Castle Gate--Photographs; Utah Power & Light Company-- Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Castle Gate (Utah); Carbon County (Utah) |
| Latitude |
39.727222 |
| Longitude |
-110.864072 |
| Additional Information |
Carbon Power Plant, also known as Castle Gate Power Plant is a small coal-fired power station in Utah, USA operated by PacifiCorp (originally Utah Power & Light). Construction on the $26 million plant began the summer of 1953. Unit 1, a 75-megawatt unit, was completed in 1954 and Unit 2, a 113-megawatt unit, was built in 1956 and came online in 1957. It has operated continuously longer than any other steam plant in the Utah Power system. The plant is located about 3 km (2 mi) north of Helper, Utah, on the east bank of Price River |
| 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/s68g9bh3 |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
986430 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68g9bh3 |
