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Construction workers at Blake Falls hydro-electric plant in Parishville

Construction workers at Blake Falls hydro-electric plant in Parishville

Construction at Blake hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. Parishville, N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.

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