Bailly Generating Station
The Bailly Generating Station was a 604-megawatt coal power plant located in Burns Harbor, Indiana, on the shore of Lake Michigan adjacent to the Port of Indiana.Photo: Alen Ištoković, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Industry
- Description: coal power plant in Burns Harbor, Indiana
- Also known as: “NIPSCO Bailly Generating Station”
- Address: Burns Harbor, IN 46304
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Indiana Dunes National Park and Cowles Bog.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Indiana Dunes National Park, in the northwestern part of the state, is the only national park in Indiana. It's popular for its big sand dunes and plentiful beaches on Lake Michigan, and for its easily accessible location near Chicago.
Cowles Bog
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his pioneering work in ecology and ecological succession here.
Joseph Bailly Homestead
Historic site
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana. Joseph Bailly Homestead is situated 2 miles southeast of Bailly Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burns Harbor and Dune Acres.
Burns Harbor
Village
Photo: Kgmnmr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burns Harbor is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States on the shores of Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Dune Acres
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan. Dune Acres is situated 1½ miles east of Bailly Generating Station.
Porter
Porter is an old railroad town just south of the Indiana Dunes National Park in Northwestern Indiana.Bailly Generating Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and natural gas-fired power station
- Location: Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.64237° or 41° 38′ 33″ northLongitude
-87.11742° or 87° 7′ 3″ westInception
November 1962Operator
Northern Indiana Public Service CompanyOpen location code
86HJJVRM+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 89412248OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q4848475
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Bailly Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bailly kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Bailly kraftverk”
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