Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Louis Sieling

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Louis Sieling (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Sieling was a farmer from Perham, Minnesota and was director of the Lake Region Cooperative Electrical Association. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Background. Background of Lake Region Co-op. How co-op expanded service. Assessing needs of region. Powerline proposal - general background; AC vs. DC line; routing of line; height of line. Communication vehicle for farmers over line. Energy needs. Infeasibility of underground line. Section lines. Farmer's complaint over lack of input on positioning of line. Routing of line; support rally. What the result of clearing up communication problem might be. Microwave towers. Meeting deadline to get line built. Alternative sources of power. View of current situation.

Dates

• 05/18/1977 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Sieling, Louis
• interviewer: Nelson, Edward P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 25
• Accession Number: AV1988.180.36

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project' <OH 25>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 17 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 120 minutes length

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Perham, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States

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