Davis County Station, Farmington, Utah [4]

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Title Davis County Station, Farmington, Utah [4]
Photo Number P0206add2n03_06_001.tif
Description Scan of a photo with caption: "Davis Station, View along flow line, April 23, 1915." photo 13659
Date 1915-04-23
Textual Date April 23, 1915
Keywords Rocky Mountain Power; Utah Power and Light; Davis County, Hydroelectric Power; Farmington Creek; Flow line; Penstock
Subject Hydroelectric power plants--Utah--Davis County--Photographs; Electric utilities--Utah--Davis County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Farmington (Utah); Farmington Creek (Davis County, Utah); Davis County (Utah)
Latitude 41.000786
Longitude -111.876533
Additional Information Davis County Light & Power Company built a hydroelectric plant on Farmington Creek starting in July 1908, completed in 1910. They sold it to Utah Power & Light in 1913. The project diverted water from Farmington Creek with a small dam, and a 6,200 foot steel pipe (penstock) delivered the water to the power house. The GE generator was 312 kilowatt, 2,300 volt, direct current. Source: Water-supply paper 512, Surface water supply of the United States 1919 and 1920, part XII (US Dept. of Interior, 1923), pp. 105-106. Decommissioned
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 TIFF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6446cdb
Setname uum_map
ID 987151
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6446cdb
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