Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles southeast of Porters Corner on Powerhouse Road, Philipsburg, Granite County, MT
Summary
Significance: The Powerhouse is a good example of an early high-head hydroelectric generating facility. The facility has maintained the integrity of its internal component design, as well as the building's architectural design, and remains a significant element of a site complex associated with Montana's early mining history.
Survey number: HAER MT-132-B
Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Montana Water, Electric Power and Mining Company, builder
Pelton Water Wheel Company, turbine manufacturer
Location
Philipsburg, 46.33251, -113.29442
Source
Library of Congress
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