Croton Hydroelectric Plant, Powerhouse, Croton Dam Road at Muskegon River, Croton, Newaygo County, MI

Significance: The Croton Hydroelectric Plant powerhouse was designed by William G. Fargo, a Jackson, Michigan, civil engineer who specialized in the design of small and mid-sized hydroelectric plants in the Midwest in the early twentieth century. This building housed the turbines, generators, and transformers used to produce record-setting high voltage transmission of electrical power in 1908.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1560

Survey number: HAER MI-81-B

Building/structure dates: 1906-1908 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work

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