Show tots tabs Hydroelectric Possibilities s Are Immense Federal Engineer Engine r States L that Hut Utah luau has great hy hy- hy- hy electric Power Ow r 1 is shown hown by the fact that th the state has 97 7 known power sites that are ca capable capable ca- ca pable pablo of generating nearly as mu much h power ower as will be produced at the Hoover Hoo dam These facts are arc contained in an article in the February ry number of the he Professional l Engineer r written by Ralf Raif R. R Woolley senior fed federal hydraulic engineer In his article Mr Woolley points out that the combined production of or the 97 7 prospective plants amounts to horsepower while the capacity of or the Hoover project will b 2 about horsepower There are arc 63 po power cr plants In Utah which are producing a total of horsepower Although there is much more power used In the state a large share of It comes from i in Idaho Mr Woolley says Among Amons some of the large power sites In to Utah teh are the thc Dark canyon site at the junction of or the Green and Colorado rivers with an nn estimated esti esti- mated capacity of or horsepower horsepower horsepower horse horse- power the Rock creek site on the Green river with horsepower horsepower horsepower horse horse- power the thc Flaming Gorge site ou on the river Green with horsepower horsepower horse horse- power and the thc Dewey site on the Colorado Colora to river ri with 1 horse horse- power po There are many other power sites in the state slate Data on the thc 97 07 were obtained by DY y the United d States Slates geo geo- logical survey Mr Woolley said |