[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10742]

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Constuction work on a new Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. project, which will add 237,000 kilowatts output to the Horeshoe Lake generating station at Harrah, entering a new phase Thursday. When completed in 1963, the new plant will bring to 1,375,900 kilowatts the total output of the OG&E system. Current output is 1,138,000. Six hundred yards of concrete flooring were poured in a single 10-hour operation Thursday. The floor will support huge combinations steam-gas turbines which will drive generators......The last generator installed went into operation at Mustang station in … continued below

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King, Cliff November 9, 1961.

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  • Main Title: [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10742]
  • Added Title: Giant Floor Poured At New Og&E Plant

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Constuction work on a new Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. project, which will add 237,000 kilowatts output to the Horeshoe Lake generating station at Harrah, entering a new phase Thursday. When completed in 1963, the new plant will bring to 1,375,900 kilowatts the total output of the OG&E system. Current output is 1,138,000. Six hundred yards of concrete flooring were poured in a single 10-hour operation Thursday. The floor will support huge combinations steam-gas turbines which will drive generators......The last generator installed went into operation at Mustang station in 1959. The original Horseshoe Lake station was constructed in 1924. It is the second oldest major power plant in the system. (photo tag: Six hundred yards of concrete flooring were poured Thursday at OG&E's construction project at Horseshoe Lake generating station near Harrah. The plant will be completed in 1963.)"

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PublishDate: O-11-10-61

Credit: Daily Oklahoman

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  • "Giant Floor Poured At New Og&E Plant", Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 10, 1961

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Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection

The Oklahoma Publishing Company, the parent company of many prominent Oklahoma newspapers, amassed a significant collection of photographs that span more than a century. The wide variety of photographs accompanied stories in the newspapers.

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  • November 9, 1961

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King, Cliff. [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10742], photograph, November 9, 1961; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1698021/: accessed May 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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