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
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Latitude

41.64237° or 41° 38′ 33″ north

Longitude

-87.11742° or 87° 7′ 3″ west

Inception

November 1962

Operator

Northern Indiana Public Service Company

Open location code

86HJJVRM+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 89412248

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata 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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