Montana Power Company records 1885-1979

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Montana Power Company records 1885-1979

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These Montana Power Company records consist primarily of reclassification files (1930s-1940s) related to Federal Power Commission docket IT-5825 and Montana Public Service Commission docket 2421. These cases required the company to reclassify the value of corporate assets, including dams, power transmission lines, etc. In addition there is a wide variety of other records including predecessor company files dating back to 1885, subject files dating into the 1970s, published material, etc.

200 linear feet of shelf space

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Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives

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Montana Power Company

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The Montana Power Company was formed on December 12, 1912, in Butte through the merger of the Butte Electric and Power Company with three of its subsidiaries: the Madison River Power Company, the Billings and Eastern Montana Power Company, and the Missoula River Power Company. A few months later, the two remaining large power producers in Montana, the Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company, and the Thompson Falls Power Company, were taken into the company by acquisition of sto...