Providence Sewage Treatment System, Ernest Street Pumping Station, Boiler House, Ernest Street & Allens Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI
Summary
Significance: As the power source for three steam engines which in turn powered sewage pumps, this structure was one of three integral elements in the Ernest Street sewage pumping station built in 1895-6 to convey sewage to Providence's Fields Point Plant for treatment.
Survey number: HAER RI-20-C
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88003103
Tags
boiler houses
riverside
providence
sewage
treatment
providence sewage treatment system
ernest
ernest street
boiler
house
boiler house
allens
allens avenue
providence county
rhode island
historic american engineering record
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Riverside
,
41.80307, -71.40142
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