Rocky Mountain Power Company photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0206
Scope and Contents
The Rocky Mountain Power Company photograph collection (1876-1992) consist of photos showing historic power stations, the company's acquisitions of smaller companies from 1912 to 1938, as well as a history of the parent company's accomplishments in providing power to the intermountain area. Also included are photos of the construction of various area power plants and alternate power exploration.
Dates
- 1876-1992
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Organizational History
The Rocky Mountain Power Company, originally known as the Utah Power and Light Company, was organized in September 1912. At that time there were many individual companies and municipal power systems serving only a fraction of the area now served by Rocky Mountain Power. Service centered in urban areas and most places only had partial service. Between 1912 and 1938, Utah Power and Light bought or leased these small, independent power facilities to form a unified network of electric service to Utah, parts of Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. Expanded electric service encouraged the development not only of industry, but also the introduction of modern conveniences such as water heaters, refrigerators, and street lighting. Utah Power and Light also extended service to rural areas where farmers used electricity to pump irrigation water.
Extent
75 Boxes
Abstract
The Rocky Mountain Power Company photograph collection (1876-1992) consist of photos showing historic power stations, the company's acquisitions of smaller companies from 1912 to 1938, as well as a history of the parent company's accomplishments in providing power to the intermountain area. Also included are photos of the construction of various area power plants and alternate power exploration.
Select Portions
of this collection have been digitized.
Arrangement
There are 3 addenda to this collection, mostly sorted by plant or location.
Separated Materials
Rocky Mountain Power records (MS 0206) located in Manuscript Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by photograph archives staff in the 1980s.
Addendum processed by photograph archives staff in 2000.
Addendum processed by Sara Davis in 2012.
Addendum processed by photograph archives staff in 2000.
Addendum processed by Sara Davis in 2012.
- Electric power-plants -- Utah -- Sources
- Electric utilities -- West (U.S.) -- Sources
- Histories (literary works)
- Idaho Power and Transportation Company
- Knight Consolidated Power Company
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
- Public Utilities
- Rocky Mountain Power Company -- Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Telluride Power Company
- Utah Light and Traction Company
- Western Colorado Power Company
- Title
- Rocky Mountain Power Company photograph collection 1876-1990
- Author
- Finding aid created by Sara Davis.
- Date
- 2020 (last modified: 2020)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu