| Title |
Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [093] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n04_01_053 trans adj |
| Description |
Scan of a transparency of the Gadsby plant during construction |
| 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 |
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/s6ng5gnf |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
987650 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ng5gnf |
