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Hidden Water - Salt Lake County Water Drainages
  • Drainage: big cottonwood (and)
  • Place name: granite plant
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    • Granite forebay


    • BC032
    • Granite forebay

    • Once it exits the Stairs Station power plant, water moves through the tailrace into the Granite forebay.

    • Canyon; dam; diversion; headgate
    • Stairs Station spillway


    • BC033
    • Stairs Station spillway

    • The Granite forebay just below Stairs Station maintains the diversion of water from Big Cottonwood Creek to generate power at the Granite Plant at the canyon mouth. Approximately .7 cfs of water is released into the creek, adding to the 4 cfs flow...

    • Canyon; dam; diversion; headgate
    • Granite Plant


    • BC035
    • Granite Plant

    • The generator at Granite Plant is larger than the one at Stairs Station and can generate 1.3 megawatts at full load. It was built in 1896 to power the trolley car system in Salt Lake City. A wooden flume used to bring water from Stairs to...

    • Canyon; architecture
    • Granite Plant outlet


    • BC036
    • Granite Plant outlet

    • Once diverted Big Cottonwood Creek water leaves Rocky Mountain Power's Granite Plant, it enters the water treatment plant at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. The plant is one of three run by the Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities. ...

    • Canyon; architecture

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