Goldendale aluminum smelter

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Now closed, as is most of the Pacific Northwest smelters, due to high electicity costs. Aluminum smelting takes enormous amounts of electricity, and cheap power is critical to profitability in the industry.

Hayes, Peter: "Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape" (New York, W.M.Norton, 2005), p 57.
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Coordinates:   45°43'45"N   120°42'23"W

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  • How can electricity not be cheap?? It's built next to a hydroelectric dam!
  • i know right??
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