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Show Old vs. Mew Sharp Contrast Huntington Canyon Plant, with its efficient equipment will stand out in sharp contrast con-trast to the area's first central cen-tral steam-electric generating generat-ing station built in Salt Lake City in April, 1881. That first steam-electric "light works" began serving Salt Lakers with electricity mainly for arc lights with one 150 - horsepower engine driving three now obsolete ob-solete Brush generators. Because of the superiority of these lights over gas lamps, customers were willing will-ing to pay $27.50 per lamp per month for all-night service. serv-ice. Compare that with today's average residential unit cost to light a 100-watt light bulb for 10 hours: 2.10. |