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Portrait of a workman handling bags of fly ash at Five Falls plant in South Colton

Portrait of a workman handling bags of fly ash at Five Falls plant in South Colton

Workman handles bags of Fly Ash at the Five Falls hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. South Colton. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.

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