| Title |
Columbus Consolidated Plant, Salt Lake County, Utah [3] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n33_129 |
| Description |
Scan of photo of machinery at Columbus Consolidated Plant in Little Cottonwood Canyon |
| Date |
1912 |
| Textual Date |
1912 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Power and Light; Power Company; Knight Consolidated Power Company; Columbus Consolidated Mining Company; Columbus Hydroelectric Plant; Little Cottonwood |
| Subject |
Hydroelectric power plants--Utah--Salt Lake County--Photographs; Hydroelectric power plants--Utah--Little Cottonwood Creek (Salt Lake County)--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Little Cottonwood Creek (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah) |
| Latitude |
40.570983 |
| Longitude |
-111.742319 |
| Additional Information |
The Columbus power plant was built on Little Cottonwood Creek five miles from the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon in 1903-1904. Knight Consolidated Power Company ran lines to providee power for the Columbus Consolidated Mining Company's mine at Alta, five miles further up. The station became part of Wasatch Power Company in 1913, which in 1929 merged into Utah Power and Light. From a book of photos with title: Electric plants and systems near Salt Lake City-not including Telluride Power Co., which was compiled by J. E. Moore in May 1912 for L. L. Nunn, head of Telluride Power |
| 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 TIF. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6x95mw0 |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
994455 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x95mw0 |
