Graettinger Power Plant Pride Of City
The Graettinger Municipal light plant on Robbins avenue showcases a 44 by 56 foot brick building with Adel faced exterior and acoustic brick interiors. Two 300 hp Fairbanks Morris Diesel engines provide 200 kilowatts, with one running at a time. details cover fuel storage, cooling, air start, and a two unit distribution board splitting north and south circuits.
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Graettinger Municipal Light Plant
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Town Officers and Plant Details of Ree Town
Ree town officials include Mayor E. 5. George and Clerk Gudrid Nane with Miss Mary McManus as treasurer and A. C. Christiansen as assessor. Councilmen are C. A. Jensen Clarence Clemmenson Oral Banstead G. M. Graettinger and Ray Glazier. The article describes electrical switchboard basics and plant features such as a Honan Crane oil filter, lubricating oil reuse, 300 hp engines, overcurrent relays, air from the basement for heating the engine room, water heating for offices and locker room, silencer room and steel lockers in the locker area. The southeast office on Robbins avenue houses Gudrid Nane, plant secretary, and the narrative ends with a note that the continuation appears on the back page.
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Gudrid Nane
Mary McManus
A. C. Christiansen
C. A. Jensen
Clarence Clemmenson
Oral Banstead
G. M. Graettinger
Ray Glazier
Robbins Avenue
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From Carbide Gas To Bright White Way
Graettinger faces a modern lighting debate as electric lights are studied for town illumination. An electrician’s report will guide plans to electrify via local plant or transmission line, replacing deteriorating gas systems and meeting future power needs.
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Graettinger Times Electric Light Family Issue Remark
The Graettinger Times marks its electric light edition with a retrospective on 26 years of publishing. Publisher John J. Sullivan notes 1,400 issues, 60,000 columns, and ongoing community harmony while acknowledging changes in Graettinger since 1916 and the family involvement of the Sullivan household in preparing copy and production.
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Mary Sullivan
Trivity for lighting and power purposes in all necessity
A compact notice notes lighting and power needs for essential use. The brief highlights the project scope and its impact on infrastructure planning, indicating a call for consideration by governing bodies.
Electric Lights Badly Needed in Graettinger
In Graettinger a proposed lighting upgrade follows a municipal vote to fund a new school building. A run down plant now serves a dwindling supply, with residents calling for better lighting, heating, ventilation, and sanitation to support education and daily life.
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Electric Lights Plan Discussed at City Council
Me Moll presented a proposal to install an electric lighting system to Graettiger residents at the city council meeting. The council postponed a decision for advisement and scheduled a special meeting next Monday evening to hear more, with Mullin expected to repeat the same points as in Kimhersture where a 20 per month rent is charged.
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History of Graettinger Light Plant Opens Open House
Graettinger Times presents the plant history from the 1941 bond election of 277 yes and 208 no votes, to trustee appointments Jorgen Andersen AL Weinhelzer and G K Shaver, bond sale of 95 000, and start of construction. Merlin Geving named plant superintendent with W H Noble and Ralph Ragmusen as assistants. Office staff includes Miss Gudrid Nane erk.
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G. K. Shaver
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Merlin Geveing
Lake Mills
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Ralph Ragmussen
Gudrid Nane
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Mac Williams Hardware Preserves Graettinger Light Plant History
McWilliams Hardware proprietor Ac 1, McWilkins, preserves a scrap book on Graetting Yr Municipal Light Plant. The issue notes his unique record of the furnace, the Electing Parnace Aioure, with carbon electrodes and a palladium arc, claiming the highest temperature obtainable by man, capable of turning any substance into gas.
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Electrons Must Be Tiny Little Chaos
Amps and other current terms confusion. The article explains that one ampere deposits VOS118 grams of silver per second from silver nitrate, equal to 6.3 quintillions of electrons. It notes how figures are written and that a bolt of lightning can deliver about 100000 amperes.
Unclear Lightning Claims Spark High Voltage Guesswork
Fragmentary note discusses a supposed method to measure lightning electricity. It asserts large voltages per inch of flash and a billion volts for a cloud about 1000 feet away. The source text is garbled and lacks verifiable details or attribution.
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Around the Clock Seven Days A Week Meet the Force
Plant officials and management are named as the team keeping the operation running. Left to right are Ralph Rasmussen W H Noble Miss Gudrid Nane and Merlin Geving plant superintendent in a display of the facility leadership.
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Men in office in Gravttinger with newly established light pains
In Gravttinger the local government list shows Mayor Fred Spies presiding with councilmen GA Jensen Quintet Jensen Bennett Thoreson Dr Bki Ruppen and Clarencelemmenson. The brief notice records the municipal leadership at the time of the light pains establishment.
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Bennett Thoreson
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Clarencelemmenson
Graettinger switches on electric light January 26 1942
Historical notes recount Graettinger building the light plant and installing Diesel motors and electric gear. Mayor Fred Spies flipped the switch on January 26, 1942 at 1086 a m, marking the town's start of electricity usage.
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Graettinger Campaign Heads Toward Revenue Bond Vote
Graettinger residents face an upcoming vote on the proposition to issue revenue bonds as part of a broader campaign. The article notes the ongoing political activity and mentions a continuation on the next page for further details.
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