Material Type

Photograph

Date Range

1957

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

11.4 x 16.5 cm Black and white photograph.

Physical Condition

Excellent

History Biographical

The following information about the donor, Mr. Frank Hutton, was supplied by his daughter Mrs. Joan Nyhof. "Mr. Hutton was employed at the City of Lethbridge power plant for 34 years. He began his work there on 27 April 194. He progressed through the levels of steam engineering and received his first class engineer's certificate in September 1955. In October of 1955 he became the chief engineer (superintendent) of the power plant. Mr. Hutton retired in June of 1975, after witnessing both changes in, and expansion of the power plant and water treatment facilities. In 1941, when he began, the fuel source was coal. Water was heated to steam, which drove the turbines. Later the fuel source was natural gas. The City of Lethbridge power plant was eventually bought by Calgary Power, now called Trans-Alberta."

Acquisition Source

Hutton Francis Frank

Scope and Content

Left to right: an unidentified Brown Boveri Company employee and city employee Mike Yanosik work to install a Brown Boveri turbine in the power plant. The turbine was purchased in Germany and German technicians worked with city employees on the installation.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19981039038

Collection

Archive

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