Powder Mill Power Station

Powder Mill Power Station is a power station in Marquette, Michigan. Powder Mill Power Station is situated nearby to Tourist Park, as well as near the park Red Pad (1).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Superior Dome and Presque Isle Power Plant.

Superior Dome

Sports venue

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.

The Superior Dome is a domed stadium on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, United States. It opened as the "world’s largest wooden dome" on September 14, 1991, and is home to the Northern Michigan Wildcats football, women's lacrosse, and women's track and field teams, the NMU Wildcat marching band, and hosts a variety of other campus and community events. Superior Dome is situated 1 mile southeast of Powder Mill Power Station.

Presque Isle Power Plant

Photo: Rklawton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Presque Isle Power Plant was a coal power plant located at Marquette, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Superior. The plant has 5 inactive generating units with a total net generating capacity of 431 Megawatts. Presque Isle Power Plant is situated 1 mile northeast of Powder Mill Power Station.

Presque Isle Park

Park

Photo: Hitoubashira, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Presque Isle Park is a 323-acre public park located in Marquette, Michigan, United States. The park is northwest of Marquette itself on an oval-shaped peninsula reaching out into Lake Superior, called the 'Island' locally. Presque Isle Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Powder Mill Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trowbridge Park and Marquette.

Trowbridge Park

Village

Trowbridge Park is an unincorporated community in Marquette Township, Marquette County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. Trowbridge Park is situated 1½ miles southwest of Powder Mill Power Station.

Marquette

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Marquette is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range.

Harvey

Village

Harvey is a census-designated place in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,244 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,393 in 2010, before the CDP was enlarged by the Census Bureau. Harvey is situated 6 miles southeast of Powder Mill Power Station.

Powder Mill Power Station

Type: Power station
Also known as: “James R Smith Power Plant”
Categories: building and industry
Location: Marquette, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.57162° or 46° 34′ 18″ north

Longitude

-87.41039° or 87° 24′ 37″ west

Inception

January 1919

Operator

City of Marquette - (MI)

Open location code

86RJHHCQ+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 428717700

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tourist Park and Red Pin (1).

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