Interviewer
Caitlin DeSilvey and Minie Smith
Files
Description
Bill Scarbrough was hired as foreman by Northwestern Energy in 2002 to handle the hydro operations and maintenance of the Milltown Dam. When Northwestern took over the Montana Power Company’s operations, they had no hydro staff. They sold all MPC dams to PPL (Pennsylvania Power and Light) with the exception of Milltown Dam. Mike Haenke had worked with Scarborough previously and was hired in 2004 by Northwestern to assist Scarbrough in carrying out the dam operations. Scarbrough and Haenke relate the recent history of Milltown Dam after the takeover by Northwestern. They provide descriptions of the day-to-day operation of the turbines and generators. They also discuss the preparation for and the activities beginning the decommissioning of the dam.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Northwestern Energy, Employees interviews; Dams, Montana Missoula county; Hazardous waste sites; Montana Milltown; Water, Pollution, Montana Milltown; Sedimentation and deposition, Clark Fork (Montana and Idaho); Milltown Dam, Montana history; Milltown, Montana history
Original Date
Fall 8-21-2007
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Milltown Oral History Project OH-419, Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 419-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound disc (53 min.) : digital, + 1 transcript (24 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
53 minutes
Local Filename
OH_419_001.mp3; OH_419_001.pdf
Citation
OH 419-001Scarbrough, Bill and Haenke, Mike, "Bill Scarbrough and Mike Haenke Interview, August 21, 2007" (2007). Milltown Oral History Project. OH 419-001.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/milltown/1