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Portrait of construction worker in turbine in South Colton

Portrait of construction worker in turbine in South Colton

Workman gives the turbine at the end of the penstock a final once over. South Colton Station, one of the hydro-electric plants in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development.  1954. South Colton N.Y. Photo: Colton Historical Society.

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