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  2. Coon Rapids, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    2393628 [3] Website. coonrapidsmn.gov. Coon Rapids is a northern suburb of Minneapolis, and is the second-largest city by population in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. [6] The population was 63,599 at the 2020 census, [4] making it the fifteenth largest city in Minnesota and the seventh largest Twin Cities suburb.

  3. Coon Rapids Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Coon Rapids Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Mississippi River located in Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. It is approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Minneapolis. Between 1914 and 1966, it provided hydroelectric power generation for northern Twin Cities suburbs. Since 1969, it has been used primarily for recreation.

  4. List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River

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    St. Cloud Dam. St. Cloud, Minnesota. 45°32′52″N94°08′50″W / 45.54778°N 94.14722°W / 45.54778; -94.14722. Coon Rapids Dam. Brooklyn Park / Coon Rapids, Minnesota. 45°08′36″N93°18′43″W / 45.14333°N 93.31194°W / 45.14333; -93.31194. No locks, ends navigable portion of river. Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock ...

  5. List of television stations in Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Alexandria: Appleton: 7 7 KONC: TCT: Appleton: 10 10 KWCM-TV: PBS: Create on 10.2, Minnesota Channel on 10.3, World on 10.4, PBS Kids on 10.5, FNX on 10.6

  6. Orrin Thompson (real estate developer) - Wikipedia

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    Orrin Thompson (August 26, 1913 – March 7, 1995) was one of the largest real-estate developers in the United States. In the 1950s, a time when the post World War II population was exploding and in need of housing, he built and sold thousands of one-family homes, primarily in Minnesota. He contributed significantly to the creation of the mode ...

  7. Lock and Dam No. 1 - Wikipedia

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    19,400 sq mi (50,000 km. 2. ) Ford Dam, officially known as Lock and Dam No. 1, is on the Upper Mississippi River and is located between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota just north of the confluence of the Mississippi with the Minnesota River at Mississippi River mile 847.9, in Minneapolis. The powerhouse portion was previously owned by ...

  8. Three Rivers Park District - Wikipedia

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    Coon Rapids Dam in June 2004. Mississippi Gateway Regional Park, formerly Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, [2] is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The dam, for which the park was named, was built by Northern States Power Company in 1913 for electrical power generation. Power generation was discontinued in 1966, so ...

  9. WCCO (AM) - Wikipedia

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    The transmitter is located off Coon Rapids Boulevard at Lily Street NW in Coon Rapids. [5] It is also heard on the second HD Radio channel of co-owned KMNB (102.9 FM). History