Telluride Power Company, Nunn Hydroelectric Plant, Southeast side of Provo River, 300 feet West of US Route 189, Orem, Utah County, UT

Significance: This plant represents L.L. Nunn's first major hydroelectric generating facility outside of Colorado. At the time of completion (1898), it generated three-phase AC power at a pressure of 40,000 volts, the highest voltage of any commercial electric power system in the world. It was replaced by Olmsted Hydroelectric Plant, see HAER UT-5.

Survey number: HAER UT-2

Building/structure dates: 1897-1898 Initial Construction

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