Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [193]

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Title Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [193]
Photo Number P0206add2n04_03_072
Description Scan of a photo of the interior of the Gadsby plant
Date 1951-06-22
Textual Date June 22, 1951
Keywords Rocky Mountain Power; Salt Lake City; Utah Power and Light; 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)
Latitude 40.75
Longitude -111.883333
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/s6sf3n5c
Setname uum_map
ID 987789
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf3n5c
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