1896: When the world's longest electric transmission line ran through Layton

Note the tall electric power poles at Fort Lane and Gentile Street, as shown in the 1960s.


THE Pioneer Power Company built a 36.5 mile electric power transmission line from Ogden Canyon to Salt Lake City in 1896. It also ran right through Layton.
According to research by Layton Historian Harris Adams, it was believed to be the world's longest power transmission line at the time.
Below is Adam's research into the historic power line: