| Title |
Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [052] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n04_01_012 |
| Description |
Scan of a photo with caption: "Giant boilers at Utah Power and Light Co's Gadsby plant in Salt Lake City. No. 1 boiler, right, burns residual fuel oil (pitch) while No. 2 uses coal to generate steam for the plant's two turbo-generators. They stand 13 stories hihg; contain more than 30 miles of boiler tubing" |
| Creator |
Hal Rumel. 49 West Third South. Salt Lake City 1, Utah |
| Date |
1952 |
| Textual Date |
November 22, 1952 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Power and Light; Salt Lake City; Gadsby; 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); Salt Lake County (Utah) |
| Latitude |
40.768511 |
| Longitude |
-111.928072 |
| 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/s6jq1s0m |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
987643 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jq1s0m |
