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Collection: 2019P034 - Gilbert W. Stewart
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00024
Title: Buildings, Washburn Lignite Coal Company, Wilton (N.D.)
Date: ca. 1916
Summary: View down a road with brick buildings on the right and the elevator power building on the left. Railroad cars are in the background. Automobiles are visible parked in front of one of the buildings.||The Washburn Lignite Coal Company was founded by businessman and politician William Washburn in 1900. At one point, this mine near Wilton was the largest of its type in the world. In 1928 the company was bought out by Otter Tail Power Company.
Red ID: PH_I_92812 Image ID: 171585 Image Notes: 2019-P-034-00024

Collection: 2019P034 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Gilbert W. Stewart
Date: 1910-1925

Summary: Images of the Washburn Lignite Coal Company, Wilton (N.D.)

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