| Title |
Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [056] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n04_01_016 |
| Description |
Scan of a photo of the Gadsby plant's turbine hall. This turbo-generator, feeds 66,000 kilowatts of electricity into Utah Power and Light Co's system. Measuring 64 feet in length and weighing 339 tons, it is the largest single steam-electric unit in the area. In October of next year, an even larger (75,000 kilowatt) unit goes into service beside it |
| Creator |
Stockdale &Powis Photography. 1065 Military Dr-Salr Lake City, Utah. Phone 5-5511 |
| Date |
1951-10-04 |
| Textual Date |
October 4, 1951 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Power and Light; Salt Lake City; Gadsby; Steam power |
| Subject |
Electric generators--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 |
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/s6t15vmm |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
987672 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t15vmm |
