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Show Electrical Terms VOLT measure of electrical pressure similar to pounds pressure in a water system. AMl'KRK A measure of the rate of flow of electricity, which may he compared to gallons per minute in a w ater pipe. The term ampere is used in rating the size of wires, fuses, switches, breakers, and the amount of current used by electrical motors. A 4?: t OHM The name which has been given to a unit of resistance in an electrical circuit This may be compared to friction in a water pipe. . WATT small unit of electrical energy used to designate the capacity fordoing work. A KILOWATT watts. This may be compared to which is also a unit for measuring energy. A horsepower is smaller than a kilowatt. 1 hp equals 746 watts or .746 kilowatt. KILO WATT HOUR The unit given to the measure of electrical energy consumed. One thousand watts, or one kilowatt, used continuously for one hour, equals one kilowatt-hour- , usually designated as kwh. For example: A lamp burning continuously for 10 hours will consume s or one kilowatt-hour- . 1,000 CIRCUIT The common circuit consists of two wires: one to bring the electricity from the source of supply, and the other to take it back. A closed circuit is one in which electricity is flowing. An open circuit means that the path is broken at some point so that electricity is not 1,()(M) v-- , horsepower, , l(X)-wa- tt watt-hour- Water is supplied the plant from Huntington Creek and stored in Electric Lake, backed up by a $9.7 million dam 18 miles upstream from the plant. It offers varied recreational opportunities to the public. The tower, fore Old vs. New Efficiency Offers Sharp Contrast Huntington Canyon Plant, with its efficient equipment stands out in sharp contrast to the area's first central steam-electri- c generating station built in Salt Lake Citv in April, 1881. That first steam-electri"light works" began serving Salt Lakers with electricity mainly for arc lights with one engine driving three now obsolete c - - Brush generators. Because of the superiority of these lights over gas lamps, customers were willing to pay $27.50 per lamp per month for all-nig- service. ground, takes water from three different vertical levels of the reservoir and blends it to correspond with Huntington Creek oxygen content and temperature to protect acquatic life in the stream below the dam. flowing. Indians Discovered "Rocks That Burn" Initial Unit Produces 430,000 Kw Utah Power & Light Co.'s Huntington Canyon Plant first unit will produce 430,000 kilowatts. In a day, this means it can generate 10.320,000 kilowatt-hours. The immenseness of this figure is pointed up when you consider that in one year, running at full load, the plant will generate 3 billion kilowatt-hours- . This is the equivalent to 37 million men working 8 hours per day for 365 Indians showed the earliest Mormon immigrants to Carbon and Emery Counties of mysterious, "rocks that burn." The Mormons, recognizing the rock to be coal, drove shafts into the mountains in the area, and soon after their Zion became the territory of Utah, a thriving coal industry was established. Subsequent surveys disclosed that beds of coal up to of the state's thick underlie low-ascontent area most of it g electric highly desirable for devil-inhabite- d one-sixt- h r, h coal-burnin- generating stations. The mine fueling UP&L's Huntington Plant is underground located (up Deer Creek Canyon) approximately two miles from the plant site. The coal is transported in a covered conveyor to a coal pile, the active portion of which is covered with a roof to control dust. Water sprays to control dust are used at all transfer points. Coal will be supplied the plant ' by Peabody Coal Co. Huntington Plant's first unit will require about 1.2 million tons of coal per year. ys p. -- i days. In terms of comparison: Its one unit is almost twice the capa- Gadsby city of UP&L's three-unc plant in Salt Lake City; The output of this one unit provides enough energy to supply all the electrical needs of two large industrial customers like Kennecott Copper Corporation's Utah operation or two cities the size of Ogden, Utah. j it steam-electri- 0- - ! P13 est Utah Power Lists Key Personnel for First Unit Huntington Plant is staffed by 48 men and has 15 men in training. Superintendent steam-electriof the generating station is Gordon H. Newbold. Assistant superintendent is Michael Kenny and plant engineer is Dennis Killian. Other key operating personnel include: 430,000-kilowa- tt c William Branson, Lars Mortensen, - ' irzE Omit - Peabody's mine employs 200 miners supplying low sulfur coal for the plant's initial unit. J ' Wendell Bradbury, Gale Chapman, Leon Nourse and Robert Strong, all shift supervisors; Neil Maxfield, electrical supervisor; Max Cadez, mechanical supervisor; and Hazel Snvder, chief clerk. V - Nerve center for the unit is this control room. Its instruments automatically control the boiler, turbine-generato- r, auxiliary J' . . equipment, indicate and record operating conditions. Operation of this unit requires 48 persons. , |