| Title |
Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [073] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n04_01_033 |
| Description |
Scan of a photo with caption: "T.A. Purton, Utah Power & Light Co's chief engineer, points out boiler reheat cycle features on a scale model of the concern's new Gadsby plant. To be incorporated in the plant's second section now under construction, the reheat cycle, first in the region, increases power-generating efficiency" |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Power and Light; Salt Lake City; Gadsby; Steam power; Scale models |
| 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/s6794wp1 |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
987661 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6794wp1 |
