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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mianus River Pumping Station, River Road & Boston Post Road, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mianus River Pumping Station, River Road & Boston Post Road, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

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Summary

Significance: The Mianus River pumping station provided a source of filtered boiler feedwater to the Cos Cob generating plant. Three diesel engine powered pumps forced water through a 16" main which paralleled the Mianus River. The main discharged into two 600,000 gallon tanks adjacent to the power plant.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N752
Survey number: HAER CT-142-B
Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
James, V G
Blakeslee, Dennis A
Blakeslee, Clarence
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Stewart, Robert C, historian
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connecticut43.47979, -76.31521
Google Map of 43.4797914, -76.31521049999999
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Library of Congress
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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

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