Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Granite Hydroelectric Power Station was built in 1896–1897 at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, about southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States(in what is now eastern Cottonwood Heights. The plant comprises the powerhouse, transformer house, a wooden conduit, penstocks, and a small dam. Like the Stairs Station upstream, it represents an intact high-head generating plant from the late 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia
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