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In 1920, the Lakeside Power Plant opened here and became the world’s largest plant to exclusively burn pulverized coal. Its lighted smokestacks were visible to ship captains and airplane pilots for miles off shore until 1987, when the plant was razed.
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St. Francis, Wisconsin · United States
