Jordan Dam and Power Plant

Jordan Dam and Power Plant (HMDNZ)

Location: Stevens Point, WI 54482 Portage County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 34.545', W 89° 30.143'

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About 1840, near this site, Bloomer & Harper built one of the important early sawmills in northern Wisconsin. It was long known as McGreer's Mill, named for an early owner. By 1890, over 700 million feet of lumber, much of it sawed here, was floated down river to the Wisconsin. From 1904 to 1965 the power plant, viewed across the stream and built by the Stevens Point Power Company, pioneering the water diversion principle, produced auxiliary electricity for the Stevens Point area. When the land east of the river was platted in 1856, the settlement, known as Jordan, contained 40 buildings and 165 persons.
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HM NumberHMDNZ
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Marker Number81
Year Placed1971
Placed ByThe Portage County Historical Society
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Date Added Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 7:16am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 301322 N 4938869
Decimal Degrees44.57575000, -89.50238333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 34.545', W 89° 30.143'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 34' 32.70" N, 89° 30' 8.58" W
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Area Code(s)715, 534
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1800 County Hwy Y, Stevens Point WI 54482, US
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