A last look at the old North Central Electric 'Willow City' substation. A new sub was just to the west; it appeared as if the power company and the coop were going to switch over to the new sub after the holiday weekend. Indeed, Google Maps shows the site cleared except for the control hut and two new poles in place. The sub was replaced due to age (supposedly installed 1949, but I think it's actually a few years newer than that), tight clearances, and being directly underneath the transmission line (which really is a no-no).

I haven't decided if I want to fully reopen this account, but I was over the storage limit, so I cleaned out a bunch of pictures that had lost their context in my haste to clean up before returning to Flickr.