Augusta Railway Company, West Power Station, Fifteenth & Greene Streets, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Significance: The first generators of hydroelectric power on the Augusta Canal. The company, in addition to operating a street railway, sold electric power to domestic and industrial consumers, including Augusta Textile Mills. The final owners, the Georgia Power Co., used the site to generate hydroelectric power until c. 1970.

Survey number: HAER GA-20

Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction

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