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Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles southeast of Porters Corner on Powerhouse Road, Philipsburg, Granite County, MT

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Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles southeast of Porters Corner on Powerhouse Road, Philipsburg, Granite County, MT

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Summary

Significance: The Powerhouse is a good example of an early high-head hydroelectric generating facility. The facility has maintained the integrity of its internal component design, as well as the building's architectural design, and remains a significant element of a site complex associated with Montana's early mining history.
Survey number: HAER MT-132-B
Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work

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1900
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Montana Water, Electric Power and Mining Company, builder
Pelton Water Wheel Company, turbine manufacturer
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Location

Philipsburg46.33251, -113.29442
Google Map of 46.332506, -113.2944165
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