Show Power PO Flows from New Carbon p Pliant Plant ant Utah Power Light company's newest steam-electric steam unit at Castle Dale which furnishes electric electric electric elec elec- power for Moab and south southeastern eastern Utah began bega lt Its regular diet of fire and steam last week as the kilowatt tion began whirring out power In Into In In- to the UP 8 L system When the new million unit went ort on the line plant lant output was almost Together with its companion number one unit completed In 1954 the plant cost million and produces kilowatts enough energy energy energy en en- ergy for tor a city of more than people 1 r t ti r i r Yes i i'd d C I w The massive Cliffs of Price Canyon make a striking frame for Utah Power Light Company's Carbon plant where a million second unit began whirring out power this week The coal coal- burning plant with Its new unit produces kilowatts enough electricity to supply the needs of a city of people Throwing the Witch switch at Ju just t the right second for the units unit's smooth tI tie tie-on n with the rest test of the system was plant superintendent superintendent Fred Kemper The mom mom- moment moment ent ant of bringing the giant nt power power- maker to life was witnessed by representatives of the builder Bechtel Corp and of Westinghouse Westinghouse Westinghouse house and Combustion Engineer hig hg along with officials of UP 8 L who were gathered In hi the plants plant's control room and nerve nerve center When the big unit began producing pro during energy it was wu the culmination culmination culmination of three months of careful preparation and testing of the complex equipment and machines that make up a modern modem steam steam- electric station Completed on schedule the plant will be under onder test operation for several days Carbon plant Is located at Castle Castle Castle Cast Cast- le Gate In the heart of Price Canyon I It will draw its fuel supplies from adjacent mines in the coal coal- rich Emery Carbon area Under steam pressure of 1525 pounds per square Inch the turbine turbine turbine tur tur- tur- tur bine blades at full capacity will turn at miles per hour faster taster than the speed of sound Basic Task of the Carbon plant with Its new unit will be to furnish furnish fur fur- nish electricity to central and southeastern Utah Including mines and mills of the now maturing uranium industry Electricity not used there will be transported through the company's Integrated network northward to load cen cen- The coal field site was selected for the new unit after months of Intensive fuel and water studies The availability of coal from nearby mines was a major factor effecting the decision Engineering Engineer Engineer- ing studies of the UP L system load movements and the operation operation opera opera- tion of the present Carbon plant prove It Is cheaper to wheel electricity electricity electricity elec elec- to load centers than to transport coal the Carbon Carbon- Energy fields to steam-electric steam plants located in northern Utah population and industrial centers At full capacity the new kilowatt addition will consume tons of coal per day Added to present consumption of tons per day of the present 66 GG- GG unit the two units will consume consume consume con con- sume 1690 tons per day That's more than tons toos tonsa a year enough coal to keep some Utah miners employed seven days a week a full year Coal is delivered from nearby mines to the plants plant's handling coal-handling system where it can be distributed I to the bunkers for immediate use or placed in the storage y yard rd Carbon plant is the company's second largest power maker Largest Largest Largest Larg Larg- est is the kilowatt Gadsby Gadsby Gadsby Gads- Gads by steam-electric steam plant in Salt Lake City Construction of Carbon plant number one unit was begun in the summer of 1953 when engineers literally moved a mountain to pro provide pro vide suitable bedrock foundation I for the plant Construction of the second unit was begun April 1956 Coupled with plant construction was enlargement of nearby Helper Help Help- er substation which steps down high tension voltage and serves as a key electrical energy distribution distribution distri distri- point growing electricity electric electric- ity requirements of central and southeastern Utah |