| Title |
Blundell Geothermal Power Plant, Beaver County, Utah [252] |
| Photo Number |
P0206add2n02_01_133 neg |
| Description |
Scan of a negative of the Department of Human Services Building, 1385 South State Street, Salt Lake City, with cars in the parking lot |
| Keywords |
Rocky Mountain Power; Blundell; Geothermal; Power; Utah; Utah Power and Light |
| Subject |
Public buildings--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Utah. Department of Human Services--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City(Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah) |
| Latitude |
40.739317 |
| Longitude |
-111.887769 |
| Additional Information |
The Blundell Geothermal Power Plant, located about 15 miles northeast of Milford in Beaver County, Utah, is fueled by hot underground water in the Roosevelt Hot Springs geothermal field. Phillips Petroleum Company began to develop this resource in 1975, and signed a development agreement with Utah Power & Light (now PacifiCorp) in 1980. The reservoir temperatures range between 464 and 514°F. Blundell Unit 1, a single-flash system, came online in 1984 as the first commercial geothermal plant in the US outside California. Blundell Unit 2 entered service in 2007, using the spent geothermal fluid from Unit 1 as a heat source. Unit 3, a dual-flash system south of Units 1 and 2, began development in 2007 and when finished should bring the overall net capacity of the Blundell complex to in excess of 60 megawatts. Originally called the Roosevelt Hot Springs Power Plant, it was dedicated on October 24, 1984 and named in honor of Harry Blundell, then President and CEO of Utah Power & Light. The public was invited to an open house at the plant during Oct. 25 through 27 |
| 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 Perfection V700 Photo, RGB, at 2000dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6183z9b |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
985983 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6183z9b |
