The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway

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Stock #:564237
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Milwaukee
State: Wisconsin (WI)
Postmark: 1917
Postmark City: Butte
Postmark State: MT
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Motor Generator Sets in Sub-Station. Smokeless, Cinderless, Gasless Travel Through the Rockes. The Source of Power - Falls and Plant at Great Falls, Mont. One of the Railway's 14 Sub-Stations. Electricity, generated by mountain streams, is used by this road to operate trans over the Great Continental Divide, a distance of 440 miles (230 miles now in operation ) - effecting more efficient operation, conservation of resources and increased travel comforts and delights

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