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

Significance: The Croton Hydroelectric Plant was one of the earliest large-scale hydroelectric generating plants in Michigan and was the site of major innovations in the transmission of high voltage electricity. Croton is also an early example of the work of William G. Fargo, a Jackson, MI civil engineer who specialized in the design of mid-sized hydroelectric plants in the Midwest in the early Twentieth Century. He pioneered in building earth embankment dams on foundations of soft soils, using hydraulic sluicing methods.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1559
Survey number: HAER MI-81
Building/structure dates: 1906-1908 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work