Grace hydroelectric project: Old Grace plant and dam [16]

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Title Grace hydroelectric project: Old Grace plant and dam [16]
Photo Number P0206add2n05_04_026
Description Scan of aphoto with caption: "B3 Switch Cells, October 20, 1907"
Date 1907-10-20
Textual Date October 20, 1907
Keywords Idaho; Rocky Mountain Power; Hydroelectric generators; Utah Power and Light Company
Subject Dams--Idaho--Grace--Photographs; Hydroelectric power plants--Idaho--Grace-- Photographs; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Grace (Idaho); Caribou County (Idaho)
Latitude 42.587308
Longitude -111.727944
Additional Information The Grace hydroelectric project on the Bear River near the town of Grace, Idaho, is part of the Bear River hydroelectric power project in southern Idaho. The Telluride Power Company built a dam and power plant on the Bear River near the town of Grace in 1906-1908. A larger dam was built after 1910. This dam diverted the water from Bear River into a large wooden and steel pipeline, or penstock. The water was then carried to a powerhouse that was built at the Grace Plant, which is located about four and one half miles south and west of the dam. At the Grace Plant, the water was directed into three separate turbines that generated the electricity. With a drop of some 530 feet in elevation between the dam site and the powerhouse, considerable electricity was generated. This complex was later acquired by Utah Power and Light. A new dam was built in 1951, just downstream from the old one
Collection Number and Name P0206 Rocky Mountain Power Company Photograph Collection
Collection Name Rocky Mountain Power Company
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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/s62z1xkz
Setname uum_map
ID 988530
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z1xkz
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