Nordegg. Alberta
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	Photo Credits: Neil Carey Tower Message: Tower Location: Tower Information (09-07) Built: Height: Capacity: Water Source: Area Information: Nordegg is a ghost town. The town was founded in 1914, three years after German entrepreneur Martin Nordegg initiated the area's first coal mining operations. shortly after creating his town, Nordegg , a German citizen, was expelled from Canada during the First World War. He returned in 1922 but sold his shares in his mining company in 1923. He remained in Canada until his death in 1948 when the town was still booming with almost 3,000 citizens, including 900 workers at the mine site. Seven years later, with locomotives fast switching over to oil and diesel, the mine ceased operations. During the early 1950s the railways began switching to diesel power and, with the steam locomotives gone, there was no longer a market for Nordegg’s coal. On January 14, 1955, the mine closed for good and longtime residents moved away
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