Dan E. Karn Generating Plant
The Dan E. Karn Power Plant is a multi-fuel power station located in Essexville, Michigan. It is adjacent to the location of the former J.C. Weadock Power Plant Power Plant, which closed in 2016.Photo: Varnent, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: power plant in Essexville, Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “D. E. Karn Generating Plant”, “D.E. Karn Generating Plant”, “D.E. Karn Generating Station”, “Dan E Karn Power Plant”, “Dan E Karn Power Station”, “Dan E. Karn Power Plant”, “Dan E. Karn Power Station”, and “Daniel Earl Karn Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saginaw River Rear Range Light.
Saginaw River Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
The first Saginaw River lighthouse was constructed from 1839 to 1841, in a period when large quantities of lumber were being harvested and shipped from the heart of Michigan via river and the Great Lakes to the East Coast of the United States via the Erie Canal and Hudson River. Saginaw River Rear Range Light is situated 1 mile southwest of Dan E. Karn Generating Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Essexville and Bay City.
Essexville
Suburb
Essexville is a city in Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,379 at the 2020 census. Located along the Saginaw River, Essexville is part of the Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area. Essexville is situated 2 miles south of Dan E. Karn Generating Plant.
Bay City
Bay City is a city in Central Michigan. A former lumbering/mill town that was incorporated in 1865, it was at one time the home of the celebrity Madonna, which is commemorated in a mural downtown.Dan E. Karn Generating Plant
- Categories: natural gas-fired power station, coal-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Bay, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.64714° or 43° 38′ 50″ northLongitude
-83.83557° or 83° 50′ 8″ westInception
November 1959Operator
Consumers EnergyOpen location code
86MRJ5W7+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 207029038OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q11964639
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Dan E. Karn Generating Plant” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dan E. Karn kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Dan E. Karn kraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saginaw River Mouth Boating Access Site and Coast Guard Basin.
Nearby Places
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