Fort Peck Power
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Fort Peck Power
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A full moon rises over the Fort Peck power plant and dam near Glasgow, Montana, with the lights of the powerhouses reflection in the Fort Peck Lake.
Fort Peck Dam is the largest hydraulically filled earth dam in the world, measuring 21,026 feet long, with a height of 250.5 feet. The dam spans across the Missouri River from bluff to bluff covering 3.5 miles. The five turbines can generate 185,250 kilowatts of power. Its original purpose was not only to control floods but to create jobs in a depression-saddled economy. In 1933, the undertaking was the nation's largest public works project. The building of the dam, at its peak in 1936, provided 10,456 jobs; it was completed in 1940.
The name is derived from an old trading post that was located here. Colonel Campbell K. Peck and Commander E.H. Durfee established a trading post and Indian agency in 1867 a few miles from the present dam site. Fort Peck established a monopoly on fur trade with the Assiniboine and Sioux.
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Joseph Schofield
Congratulations! I have chosen to feature this fine image on the homepage of Pacific Northwest Plus. Please archive it on the 2024 DAILY features and thank you thread.
Will Borden
Magnificent timing and composition, Jurgen- the moonlight, plant light, reflections and colors are stunning. F&L.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your wonderful art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from N IS FOR NIGHT week, DECEMBER 5, 2022 - DECEMBER 12, 2022. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive 2023.
Mary Lynn Giacomini
Beautifully captured night time photography wonderful moon, reflection, and composition Jurgen! L/F
Judy Vincent
Beautiful night time capture! Congratulations! You have been chosen as one of the “Male Photographers” of the day on the USA Photographers group home page for 6/10/22!
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery
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