Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric

SWCE History Pictures

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Allen and Agnes Kasper on their Somerset farm in 1938 A scene from Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s 1950 Annual Meeting at the Owatonna Armory    Service vehicles from the early 1950s
Allen and Agnes Kasper on their Somerset farm in 1938 A scene from Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s 1950 Annual Meeting at the Owatonna Armory Service vehicles from the early 1950s
The Luther Hanson Group at the 1952 meeting General Manager Howard L. McKee presents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Loftus from Aurora Township with this new 12.9 cubic ft Kelvinator freezer at the Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric Annual Meeting in 1953    The 1954 Annual Meeting
The Luther Hanson Group at the 1952 meeting General Manager Howard L. McKee presents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Loftus from Aurora Township with this new 12.9 cubic ft Kelvinator freezer at the Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric Annual Meeting in 1953 The 1954 Annual Meeting
A scene from the 1955 Annual Meeting Hans and Herman Hohrman at the 1958 Annual Meeting    Dedicated men from Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric and crews from around the State, totalling 125 linemen, worked to restore power in the Halloween Blizzard of 1991
A scene from the 1955 Annual Meeting Hans and Herman Hohrman at the 1958 Annual Meeting Dedicated men from Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric and crews from around the State, totalling 125 linemen, worked to restore power in the Halloween Blizzard of 1991
Wrapping up after seven days of hard work in Nov. 1991 Close-up of the heavy ice that pulled down lines in 1991 Surveying the damage and the work needed to restore power during the blizzard of 1991
Wrapping up after seven days of hard work in Nov. 1991 Close-up of the heavy ice that pulled down lines in 1991 Surveying the damage and the work needed to restore power during the blizzard of 1991
Our first custom service truck, a 1941 Ford Bringing the first electric power to the country Walter Sieman, Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s first lineman. Photograph courtesy of Margaret Frost
Our first custom service truck, a 1941 Ford Bringing the first electric power to the country Walter Sieman, Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s first lineman. Photograph courtesy of Margaret Frost
Linemen working in the Waseca County fog Storm repair requires long hours  
Linemen working in the Waseca County fog Storm repair requires long hours