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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 15, 2020
Caption: Coal in the Treasure State Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (middle left) Coal mines of Red Lodge, about 1900.; (bottom left) Early days of Colstrip Coal mine, founded by the Northern Pacific Railway.; (bottom center) Established in 1924, residents gather at the Colstrip rail depot, 1920.; (bottom right) The J.E. Corette coal-fired generating plant along the Yellowstone River was built in the 1960s. At one time, the two adjacent plants produced more electricity than any other in the Montana Power Company system. The plant was decommissioned and the 350-foot stack was demolished in December 2015.
Submitted: March 20, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p574007
File Size: 3.098 Megabytes

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