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Elk River Station is an energy-from-waste plant operating in Elk River, Minnesota that generates 35 to 42 megawatts of electrical power. The site was originally built as a coal and oil -fired facility in 1950, then construction began on a nuclear power plant ( boiling water reactor ) in 1959. [ 1 ]
The Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant is a nuclear power plant located in Monticello, Minnesota, along the Mississippi River. The site, which began operating in 1971, has a single nuclear reactor ( boiling water reactor ) of the General Electric BWR-3 design generating 671 MWe.
Monticello (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɛ l oʊ / ⓘ MON-tiss-EL-oh) [7] is a city next to the Mississippi River in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,455 at the 2020 census .
The majority of people moving to Elk River by that time were from Northern Europe. The village of Elk River was platted in 1865, replatted in 1868, and when incorporated in the winter of 1880–1881, included both Orono and Elk River. By 1870, Elk River swelled to a population of 2,050 and became the county seat in 1872.
Elk River Natural Resources Conservation Area, totaling is the largest, highest quality estuarine system remaining in Washington or Oregon. It includes diverse habitats, ranging from tideflats and sloughs, saltmarsh and freshwater wetlands , to forested uplands .
In 2009, 13,700 acres (55.4 km 2) along the north and south forks of Elk River and the upper middle fork of Sixes River were designated as the Copper Salmon Wilderness. The area contains one of the nation's largest remaining stands of low-elevation old-growth forest and one of the healthiest salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout runs in the ...
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The mill was sold to Goodyear Redwood Company in 1916. Elk River Company took over the sawmill when Goodyear went bankrupt in 1932. The local redwood lumber industry economy collapsed when the uninsured sawmill burned in 1936. [3] Greenwood - Elk Beach, Mendocino County, California. A new sawmill was built c. 1953 and another followed in 1963.