| Title |
Magna Steam Plant and Pumping Plant, Utah Copper Company (now dismantled), February 1913 |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n10_13_001 |
| Description |
Scan of photograph of the Magna Steam Plant and Pumping Plant (now dismantled), built by the Utah Copper Company in Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah |
| Creator |
Shipler Commercial Photographers |
| Date |
1913-02 |
| Textual Date |
February 1913 |
| Keywords |
Utah Power and Light Company; Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Copper Company; Complexes; Industrial complexes; Power plants; Steam power plants; Coal-fired power plants; Hydraulic structures; Water distribution structures; Pumping stations; Chimneys; Smokestacks |
| Subject |
Steam power plants--Utah--Magna--Photographs; Electric power plants--Utah--Magna--Photographs; Utah Copper Company--History--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Magna (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah) |
| Latitude |
40.7 |
| Longitude |
-112.1 |
| Additional Information |
In 1906, a steam electric generating plant was begun below the Magna complex. As power requirements increased, Utah Power & Light Company supplied electricity to meet demands. The original steam plant at Magna generated 8.5 megawatts and supplied electric power to the Magna mill and the Bingham mine. Utah Copper Compnay announced that it would convert its mills and Bingham mine from steam power to electric power, purchasing the electric power from Telluride Power Company. "This will result in closing down the immense Magna power plant of the company, though the equipment will be kept intact to be called into service in case any emergency may arise."; (Salt Lake Telegram, September 13, 1912; Salt Lake Herald, September 14, 1912). Information from UtahRails.net |
| 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/s6cg1pcb |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
1000708 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cg1pcb |
