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Keokuk Power House

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Stock #:94810
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Keokuk
State: Iowa (IA)
County: Lee
Publisher: Mcfarland Paper Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The Keokuk Dam and Power House was by far the largest man-made hydro-electric plant in the world when completed in 1913. It remains one of the largest of the low-head developments. Transmission lines transmit surplus electricity to surrounding cities, even to St. Louis.

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