Water Turns to Electricity! Hyrum Hydo-Electric Power Plant Tour

Visit Hyrum City’s hydro plant in Blacksmith Fork Canyon! Hyrum City Power Superintendent Matt Draper will briefly discuss the history of electricity in Hyrum (one of Cache Valley’s first electrified cities) and the work involved with keeping the lights on.

Meet up at the Hyrum City Museum or drive up Blacksmith Fork Canyon and look for signs – for directions contact the Hyrum City Museum at (435) 245-0208 or museum@hyrumcity.com.

This event accompanies the Smithsonian The Way We Worked exhibition, stopping in Hyrum from March 25 to May 13, 2017 at the Hyrum City Museum. For more information, contact the Museum on 435.245.0208 or visit their website at hyrumcitymuseum.org/

The Way We Worked, an exhibition created by the National Archives, is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Utah Humanities, touring in partnership with the Hyrum City Museum. For more information, see www.utahhumanities.org