Show mine mouth electric generating plant supplies up plies kilowatts to utah central and southeastern utah BOW illow have a ne new nea A source of ele electrical c energy e der derived I 1 ved from rom its own nat ive jve coal last november utah power rower and light co 8 new 66 ON kilowatt mine mouth carbon plant in C castle tie gate began whirring cut out power lor for the rapidly growing area prior to operation of the new PI plant ant electricity used in cairon county and southeastern utah the southern end of the upil system involved two way transportation of energy carbon county coal was transported to upil steam electric plants in north central utah and to salt lake city there the electricity was generated and then sent through transmission lines back b ack to 0 C carbon abon county tic tie in on the upil system of the coal burning plant ell mixed more than three weeks of tests and slow windup wind up process of the ton turbine generator split second timing required for synchronizing and final tie la in to the system was directed from the plant plants s instrument cluttered control room by superintendent john conder the plant has an installed capacity of kilowatts enough electric energy to supply the needs adla bf a city of more than located at castle gate in the midst of coal fields carbon plant Is the first central generating station in the area to be constructed ted at he the mouth of a coal mine E M naughton upil president and nd general manager said the plant at full capacity will draw its fuel supplies at the rate of tons a day from an adjacent mine and other properties in the coal rich carbon emery fields each hour at full capacity the 13 story boiler will turn out steam from 30 tons of coal ground to the fineness of talcum powder enough t to 0 heat beat five average homes 11 all II winter under steam pressure of I 1 1250 pounds per square inch the turbine blades ier at full capacity will turn at revolutions per minute or ar approximately miles per lour bour mr naughton said basic task of th the new unit will be to furnish electrical energy to utah powers customers in central and eastern utah including the coal mines surplus power will be fed westward over high voltage transmission lines into the interconnected system that supplies most of northern utah and southern idaho completion of the carbon plant raised the total installed generating capacity of the utility to kilowatts it is the newest plant of the com companas comp anys current building program banys that at by mid 1955 will see completion of the third kwh ewh unit at gadsby plant on the west outskirts of salt lake city carbon is s f V companas comp anys second largest power maker ak r largest agest is the gadsby steam electric plant which will generate kilowatts when its third unit is completed |