The Devil's Gate-Weber Hydroelectric Power Plant was built in 1909–1910 on the Weber River in northeastern Utah, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Ogden.
It was built by the Utah Light and Railway Company under the direction of E.H. Harriman, a director of the Union Pacific Railroad.
It was one of the first powerplants in Utah designed to feed an electrical grid rather than as a source of power of a single locality.
[2] Work had begun on an intake structure in Weber Canyon in the early 1900s at the Devil's Gate location under the direction of C.K.
Bannister died shortly after, and his business associates sold the property rights to the Utah Light and Railway Company.
Work continued on a penstock to feed the power plant until Harriman acquired sixty percent of the UL&R.
With Harriman's ownership Union Pacific opposition to the plant ceased, on the condition that a retaining wall be built to protect the railroad grade.
[2] The powerhouse is a rectangular brick building with a gabled concrete roof supported by riveted steel Fink trusses.
The Davis and Weber Canal Company maintains a diversion dam just downstream from the powerhouse that is not part of the historic district.