| Title |
Jordan... our Granddaddy Steam Plant (page 2), April 1956 |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n10_07_036 |
| Description |
Scan of black and white negative of periodical or pamphlet page titled "Jordan... our Granddaddy Steam Plant" with photographs of Corliss steam engine (top left), aerial view of Jordan Power Plant next to Jordan River, Turbine Operator Enoch E. Nielson, Second Operator Charles A. Fowler, and First Operator Joseph E. Smout (right top to bottom) |
| Date |
1956 |
| Textual Date |
1956 |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Light and Railway Company; Complexes; Industrial complexes; Power plants; Steam power plants; Coal-fired power plants; Chimneys; Smokestacks; Workers; Blue collar workers; Generators |
| Subject |
Electric power-plants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Coal-fired power plants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Steam power plants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah); Jordan River (Utah) |
| Latitude |
40.768567 |
| Longitude |
-111.925169 |
| Additional Information |
The original Jordan Steam Station was built in 1903 on the east side of the Jordan River near downtown Salt Lake City, and was replaced in 1911. The plant shown in these photos was in turn replaced ca. 1924, and that one was in turn replaced by the Gadsby Jordan plant, built just to the west in the 1950s |
| 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 Perfection V700 Photo scanner, 24-bit color at 1200 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6h72f15 |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
1000368 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h72f15 |
