Otter Tail Power - Richland County, ND

The line to Great Bend (in the back) is fairly nondescript, but the original line along this alignment was THE first electric utility line in North Dakota to have a 'Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity' issued once the North Dakota Board of Railroad Commissioners (predecessor to the present Public Service Commission) gained authority over all the electric utilities in the state.

The original likely got rebuilt during either the 1920s expansion phase or during the push to modernize the system in the 1950s.