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Description
A photographer captured Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset on September 22, 1980, the day before a referendum vote to halt nuclear power production in the state. The Sheepscot River is in the foreground. The referendum was defeated.
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About This Item
- Title: Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, 1980
- Creator: UPI
- Creation Date: 1980-09-22
- Subject Date: 1980-09-22
- Location: Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 3/3
- Collection: United Press International collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Kennebec Journal
- Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant (Wiscasset, Me.)--Photographs
- Nuclear power plants--Maine--Wiscasset
- Photographers--Maine
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