| Title |
Gadsby Power Plant, Salt Lake City, Utah [388] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n04_06_042 |
| Description |
Scan of a photo of "the interior of the Gadsby plant shows three modern turbo-generators. Newest operates at 1,525 pounds pressure and a temperature of 1,000 degress and is capable of producing a kilowatt-hour of electricity from 0.83 of one pound of coal" |
| Creator |
Hal Rumel. 49 West Third South. Salt Lake City 1, Utah |
| Date |
2013-02-27 |
| Textual Date |
February 27, 2013 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Salt Lake City (Utah); Utah Power and Light Company; Steam power plants |
| Subject |
Electric power-plants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Coal-fired power plants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Latitude |
40.75 |
| Longitude |
-111.883333 |
| 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 |
| Holding Institution |
Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Finding Aid |
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv479461 |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| Digitization Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 400 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6st8fvj |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
988269 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6st8fvj |
