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Identification #
OGL291-431
Description
Black and white aerial photograph of the Minnkota Power Co-Operative Inc. taken around the mid 1960s. In the background not too far from power company buildings are many houses. At the time of this photograph Minntkota Power was located at 1822 Mill Road.
On March 28, 1940, the cooperatives gathered hundreds of farmers at the Grand Forks County Courthouse to explain their plan. The group voted to form Minnkota Power Cooperative with Freeman as manager. Construction of a Grand Forks power plant began in October 1940, and in September 1941, three 720-kW diesel generators and 165 miles of 34.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line came online. (Minnkota Current web page) All of which are show in this photograph.
Places Depicted
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Organizations Depicted
Minnkota Power Co-Operative Inc.
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks