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Here's a remarkable photo of a once-thriving business in Bluffton: The Woodcock power plant. For residents of Bluffton since 1983 or so, this plant was located on the site of John's Body Shop, Lake Street. This photo was taken in the early 1950s.

There are several things to notice. First, count the railroad coal cars on the AC&Y Railroad siding. The plant was fueled by coal and that may be a one or two-day's worth of fuel sitting there.

Notice how clean (absence of trees and brush) are the banks of the National Quarry.

Notice a side track (passing track) on the Nickel Plate Road on the bottom of the photo. That track is no longer there.

Notice the number of houses on North Main Street. Compare that number with today's houses.

There's more and you may examine the photo for yourself. (Collection of Fred Steiner)