Hale Power Plant, Orem, Utah [277]

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Title Hale Power Plant, Orem, Utah [277]
Photo Number P0206add2n06_01_085
Description Scan of photo of inside of Hale turbine, May 1955
Date 1955-05
Textual Date May 1955
Keywords Utah; Rocky Mountain Power; Hydroelectric generators; Utah Power and Light Company; DAM; Construction
Subject Electric power-plants--Utah--Orem--Photographs; Electric power-plants--Utah--Utah County--Photographs; Coal-fired power plants--Utah--Orem--Photographs; Coal-fired power plants--Utah--Utah County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Orem (Utah); Utah County (Utah)
Latitude 40.312197
Longitude -111.658767
Additional Information The Hale Plant was coal-fired electric power plant that formerly stood in Orem near the mouth of Provo Canyon. "In 1936, an 18,750-kilowatt steam-generating plant was built at the mouth of Provo Canyon - one of the earliest such sites in Utah. Known first as the Provo Steam Plant and later as the Orem Plant, it officially became the Hale Plant, after J.A. Hale, longtime vice president and chief of operations. The name change came in 1950, the same time as construction began on the second phase of the plant, which provided a capacity of 44,000 kilowatts." -Deseret News, Nov. 26, 1993. Utah Power & Light closed the plant around 1990 due to pollution concerns, and tore it down in 1993. A substation is still located just east of the site.
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/s69c7pj6
Setname uum_map
ID 989132
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69c7pj6
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