DEC 23: Black Eagle Dam Revs Up

Written By Mark Marymee

Black Eagle Falls (left) on the Missouri River in Montana. (Credit: Library of Congress)

Black Eagle Dam, in Great Falls, Montana, begins generating electricity for the first time in December 1890. It is the first hydroelectric dam to be built on the Missouri River and the first in the state of Montana.

Mark Marymee
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