Site 5 - Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District

Footnotes

[1] Shipler Commercial Photographers. Granite Station p.2, February 9, 1907. Photograph, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City.  Shipler #2682, https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cj8nr6. Accessed August 19, 2025.

[2] Haycock, Obed C. “Electric Power Comes to Utah.” Utah Historical Quarterly,  Vol.45, Issue 2, Spring 1977. p. 174.

[3] Dastrup, Boyd L. “Electrification of Utah 1880 to 1915.” A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History, Logan, Utah, Utah State University, 1976, p.22.

[4] Keller, Charles L. The Lady in the Ore Bucket. Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 2001, p. 248.

[5] Photographer unknown. Utah Power Plant near the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon ca. 1900. Photograph. Big Cottonwood Canyon Historical Society, Brighton, UT. Charles Nickerson Collection, BCC Photos, BCC Scenic Historical, K003. Accessed February 17, 2025.

Photographer unknown. Utah Light & Railway Company P.1. Photograph. J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Photo Number 16801. https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kd263h. Accessed August 19, 2025.

[6] Johnson, Max. Granite Plant Main Building, View Down the canyon. December 17, 2024. Photograph. Big Cottonwood Canyon Historical Society, Brighton, UT.

[7] Johnson, Max. Granite Plant with creek running alongside. December 17, 2024.  Photograph. Big Cottonwood Canyon Historical Society, Brighton, UT.