Croton Hydroelectric Plant, Powerhouse, Croton Dam Road at Muskegon River, Croton, Newaygo County, MI
Summary
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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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Croton Heights
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43.43891, -85.66088
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html