Malad Power Plant machinery came down this road. Tractor used to haul from Shoshone. Tractor near center of photo.

Request Archival File or Update Item Information
Title Malad Power Plant machinery came down this road. Tractor used to haul from Shoshone. Tractor near center of photo.
Photo Number P0206add2n10_14_014
Description Photograph of the setting for the Malad Power Plant. Arrow points to a road on which the plant's machinery came down, hauled from Shoshone by a tractor (seen near center of photo)
Date 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915
Textual Date Circa 1913
Keywords Malad Power Company; Idaho Power; Rocky Mountain Power; Malad River (Idaho); Landscapes (environments); Natural landscapes; Bodies of water; Rivers; Landforms; Fluvial landforms; Gorges; Dirt roads
Subject Malad River (Gooding County, Idaho--Photographs; Hydroelectric power plants--Idaho--Gooding County--Photographs; Flumes--Idaho--Gooding County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Malad River (Idaho); Malad Gorge (Idaho); Gooding County (Idaho)
Latitude 42.864306
Longitude -114.899917
Additional Information "In 1909 land and rights to 700 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water were acquired by the Malad Power Company for power development. The agreement also allocated 300 cfs to the King Hill Irrigation and Power Company for irrigation and ongoing maintenance of the diversion dam and flume across the Snake RIver. Electricity has been generated here continually since 1911 when the Beaver River Power Company purchased the Malad Power Company's rights. The company constructed the 5,000 kilowatt (kW) upper power plant and wooden gravity flume, making it the largest power generator on the Snake River at that time. Beaver River Power Company was purchased in 1913 by Idaho Power and Light which in 1916, became one of the five companies originally incorporated into the Idaho Power Company." -from roadside historical signs along Malad River.
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, 24-bit color at 600 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6qv5kw7
Setname uum_map
ID 1000612
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qv5kw7
Back to Search Results