This page contains the best digital photos and pictures that I have taken of the Cholla Electric Power Generating Station near Joseph City, Arizona. We left APS Corporate Office at about 7:30 AM on June 11th. and arrived at Cholla just in time for lunch that same day.There are four coal burning units at Cholla. Units One, Two, and Three are owned by APS, Unit Four is owned by Pacific Corp. The generating capacity of Cholla is about 995,000 kilowatts. That would supply the city of Tempe, Arizona for one day. Please enjoy and feel free to e-mail any suggestions or comments that might improve the page. |
| A Quick Snack At Corporate! | On The Bus For Cholla |
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| We Arrive At Cholla | And Are Anxiously Waiting To Start |
| Hey! Something Important Is Happening! | Wow! Pizza! |
| Carl Woolfolk From Four Corners Explains How Coal Burning Plants Work | Carl Had Many Questions To Answer About How You Make Electricity From Fossel Fuels |
| Kim Belknap Showed Us Many Interesting | Items Involved With The Chemistry Of These Plants! |
| Coal From This Pile | Is Turned Into This Fire |
| Water Turns To Steam In This Boiler | "Clean" Smoke Comes Out Here |
| A Generator Enclosure Steam Turns The Turbine/Generator Electricity Is Generated Inside Here! | Another Generator Inside Here MoreElectricity Made Here!! |
| Electricity Comes Out Here | To The Transformers Here |
| Carl Shows Us | The Control Room |
| Air Is Superheated Here And Used To Burn Powdered Coal In The Green Colored Boilers | This White Substance Is Scale That Needs To Be Cleaned From Inside The Boilers |
| The Transmission Yard | Valves Adjust Pressure In Turbine |
| Fly Ash Is Trapped In Green Structures Loaded Into Red Truck Sold | Enclosed Conveyer Belts Carry Coal From Pile To Grinder |
| A Last Look! | Time To Go!!!! |
| After The Tour | A Wonderful Dinner In Winslow |