Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [089]

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Title Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [089]
Photo Number P0206add2n04_01_049 trans adj
Description Scan of a transparency of the transformers at the Gadsby plant
Keywords Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Power and Light; Salt Lake City; Gadsby; Steam power
Subject Electric transformers--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; 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 This transparency has been adjusted for lighting. 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 Perfection V700 Photo scanner, RGB, at 1300 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6zw2bwq
Setname uum_map
ID 987632
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw2bwq
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