Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, Salt Lake City

Name: Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District
Address: Salt Lake City, United States

#301 among attractions in Salt Lake City

Vernacular architecture

Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District

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The Granite Hydroelectric Power Station was built in 1896–1897 at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, about 6 miles 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. ()

Built: 1896 (128 years ago)Coordinates: 40°37'9"N, 111°46'52"W

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Cottonwood Heights (Wasatch)Salt Lake City United States

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Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wheeler Historic Farm, Old Mill Golf Course, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Millcreek Canyon.

4.5 miW
Farm, Science museum, Park
Wheeler Historic Farm, Salt Lake City
114 min walk • The Henry J. Wheeler Farm is a farmstead in Murray, Utah, United States, that is one of the few remaining late 19th century farmsteads in the Salt Lake Valley that has not been lost to expanding housing developments of metropolitan Salt Lake City. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
1.8 miNW
40°38'20"N • 111°48'11"W
Old Mill Golf Course, Salt Lake City
46 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture
Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City
129 min walk • Big Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range 12 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The 15-mile-long canyon provides hiking, biking, picnicking, rock-climbing, camping and fishing in the summer.
4.8 miN
Natural attraction, Canyon
Millcreek Canyon, Salt Lake City
124 min walk • Millcreek Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains and part of Millcreek City on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. It is a popular recreation area both in the summer and in the winter.
1.1 miNW
Reportedly haunted, Vernacular architecture
Cottonwood Paper Mill, Salt Lake City
29 min walk • The Cottonwood Paper Mill is an abandoned stone structure located at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It was built in 1883 by the Deseret News under the direction of Henry Grow.
4.7 miSW
40°34'53"N • 111°51'18"W
Sandy Amphitheater, Salt Lake City
120 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
3.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Granite Mountain, Salt Lake City
85 min walk • Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah.
2.6 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Olympus, Salt Lake City
68 min walk • Mount Olympus in the U.S. state of Utah is one of the most prominent and recognizable mountains viewable from practically every location in the Salt Lake Valley. Mount Olympus is not the tallest peak along the Wasatch Front, but its unusual form and location make it a popular hiking destination for locals.
3.4 miS
Romanesque revival architecture
Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio
87 min walk • The Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio is a historic building in Sandy, Utah. It was built in 1903-1905 as a meeting house for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and designed in the Romanesque Revival architectural style. It was acquired by sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks in 1966, and remodelled as his art studio.
3.5 miSE
Nature, Mountain
Twin Peaks, Salt Lake City
90 min walk • Twin Peaks is an American television series, running from 1990 to 1991; and in 2017. Twin Peaks may also refer...
3.6 miNW
Tudor Revival architecture
Ray F. and Ethel Smith House
92 min walk • The Ray F. and Ethel Smith House, at 1697 E. Vine St. in Murray, Utah, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. It is a one-and-a-half-story "English Tudor period revival cottage" built in 1937, associated with early farming families in the area.