Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-15 | Page 4 | Electricity in Utah

ELECTRICITY IN UTAH Describing the electrical power development b by the Utah Power and Light company the Wall VaIl Street t Journal says There are 40 10 generating stations sta stations one of Ct them a steam station static in Salt Lake City with kIlO watt capacity The water water power possibilities of the Utah Power and Light company Is kilo kilo- kilowatts kilowatts watts At Cutler station In Dear Bear River canyon water Is stored be be- behInd behind behind hind a dam feet high feet long and 50 feet leet thick at the base and with a capacity for tor elec elec- electrical elee- elee electrical development ot of k w This dam Impounds acre acre- feet teet of water and It has a head bea against the plant of feet feeL The largest station of the Utah rower Power and Light company Is that at Grace with an output of ot k w The water storage In Bear lake is HO square miles and feet acre sufficient su clent to run the generating plants which It feeds leeds at full capacity for tor two 0 ye rs should no water be run into c this gigantic basin In la that tithe e Power Is drawn from take oft oBear of t Bear lake through Bear river Among the customers ot of o the Utah Power and Light company are farmers who u use ue e horsepower er for for pumping water tor for irrigation tion purposes communities which secure power and light t from Utah Power rower and Light corn com company patty pany and and electric elec stove users The development Is the th i sixth largest In la the United States s and Canada and it has miles 3 ot of high tension and and distributing tIng lines At Flaming gorge on the g Colorado river the Utah Power r and Light company company has i a power powersite powersite r site which developed will be 87 feet long O feet high and 60 miles long with a generating ca ca- ca capacity capacity of o horsepower Utah is keeping up with the electrical development of ot the th countr country