SRP Power Production in the Salt River Valley (Other Keyword)
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Consolidated Canal, Old South Consolidated Power Plant - AZ-55-A - South side of the Salt River, Approximately two miles downriver from Granite Reef Dam, Mesa vicinity, Maricopa County, Arizona - Written Historical and Descriptive Data, Photographs (2023)
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Portions of the power plant and waterway features remain at the site and have been incorporated into the Arizona Primate Institute. The Old South Consolidated Power Plant was the first of three low-head hydroelectric generating stations constructed in the Salt River Valley after operation of the SRP were taken over by the Salt River Valley Water Users Association. In the early part of the 20th century, the surface water to the Salt River Valley was not adequate enough to respond to the...