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Series 22014

STATE PLANNING BOARD [787]

SMOKE ABATEMENT REPORTS, 1930-1936
1 microfilm reel

DESCRIPTION: Due to the pollution caused by coal-burning furnaces and stoves in Utah's cities, the State Planning Board investigated new processes of creating smokeless fuel from coal. This series contains the following records: correspondence of the Joint Smoke-Abatement Committee and the State Planning Board; reports concerning smoke control in Salt Lake City; plans for a pilot plant; related articles from various sources; and a State Planning Board report on smoke elimination.

ARRANGEMENT: The series is arranged alphabetically by report.

RELATED RECORDS: MINING STUDIES, series 1175, has reports on mineral production and industry in Utah including coal.

PROCESSING NOTE: This series was processed by M. Call in March 1999 and updated in August 2004 by G. Strack after having been filmed.

CONTAINER LIST

Reel Description
1 Correspondence; 1932-1935
1 Department of Commerce: Nine years of smoke-abatement work at Salt Lake City; 1930
1 Feasibility of a pilot plant; 1932
1 Investigations at Salt Lake City; 1926
1 Related articles; 1934-1936
1 State Planning Board- Smoke Elimination; 1936
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