Hydro-Electric Plant

Logan lit up early — perhaps first in all Utah. In 1880 two planing-mill men, Gustave Lundberg and Christian Garff, rigged up a small electric plant at their mill, enough to give the town five arc lights at fifteen dollars a month apiece. It was a novelty then, electric light, and Logan took to it: by 1886 the men and the city had formed a power company together, and in 1888 the city bought them out entirely — making this Utah's first municipally owned electric plant, a small town ahead of its time.

What the plaque says

In 1880, Gustave Lundberg and Christian Garff planing mill operators, set up a direct current electric light plant, probably the first in Utah. It was a small Thompson Houston machine with a capacity of fifty arcs providing five lights for Logan City at $15.00 per month per light. January, 1886 the Logan Electric Light and Power Company was organized. Capital stock $5000, one-half subscribed by Lundberg and Garff and the balance by Logan City commissioners. In 1888, the city acquired complete ownership and it became Utah's first municipal electric light plant.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Logan — 0.9 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• American West Heritage Center — 5.2 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley
• Hyrum State Park — 6.4 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Wellsville Mountains — 8.4 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height

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• Cache Co. Relic Hall — 0.4 mi
• Lyric Theatre — 0.6 mi
• Cache Valley — 0.7 mi
• Logan Temple Marker — 0.7 mi