Old Electrical Plant in Crawfordsville, Indiana
Taken on the bridge over Sugar Creek – 4/29/2026 at 4:01 pm
Photo by Richard Yost / Edited by John Fraim
River Man
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The title for the photo features two old tall smokestacks in the shut-down electrical plant. A symbol to the old American power and ingenuity. Now, shut down and the plant abandoned. Rich stopped on the bridge over Sugar Creek into Crawfordsville, Indiana to get the photo. I edited with Photomatix Pro 6.
The enterprise was officially formed as a publicly owned entity in 1890. Actually, the City of Crawfordsville was a pioneer in its desire to have a municipal light plant. History indicates that the justification for the city wanting to control its own destiny was due to its ongoing battles with privately owned firms that supplied the city with gas, electric lighting as well as water. Although many political obstacles and legal battles that took place with the private companies had to be overcome prior to the operation of the city’s first plant, the first Crawfordsville plant was christened on September 9, 1891.
Leaders in Crawfordsville at Opening of the power plant in 1891
(Note: This photo represents a new start for Rich and my collaboration on photos. We have been working together for three years on this collaboration to create unique images off the beaten trail. Unfornatly, three years of our collaboration was lost when Rich had his iPhone “upgraded” at an Apple store, We have been able to rescue many on my computer. Still, this photo seems the start of a new photo journey for us: Rich doing all the traveling and me doing all of the editing.)