UT 152, Salt Lake City, Utah. County/parish: Salt Lake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 20, 1989. NRIS 89000284.
Part of Electric Power Plants of Utah MPS (NRIS 64500664).
1 contributing building. 4 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Stairs Station Hydroelectric Power Plant was built in 1894-1895 in Big Cottonwood Canyon, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. The plant comprises the powerhouse, switchyard, penstocks, and a pipeline. A dam next to the site is associated with the Granite Power Plant farther downstream, and is part of neither historic district. The powerhouse is the only remaining building associated with the plant. It is an example of an intact high-head generating plant from the late 19th century.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71999933