Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Front view of Potomac Electr...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. View of PEPCO power plant I
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Frequency changer at Benning...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Three 50,000 kilowatt ...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Turbine blades at Benning pl...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Aerial view of Benning plant...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts ...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Benning plant rear view
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Damaged dynamo at Benning pl...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work insi...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Turbine blades at Benning pl...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Magnetic fan made for ele...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Interior of Buzzard Po...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. High tension wires
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Exterior of Buzzard Po...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Officials at new turbi...
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Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. 1935-40? A view of the dam and the Tennessee Rive...
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Housing alongside electric railroad. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company powerhouse. Placer County, California
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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...
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Pacific Gas and Electric powerhouse. Placer County, California
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Coal handling machines...
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Production. Diesel engines. The gear train housing of a diesel engine ...
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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electrical swi...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Flag raising ceremonies at P...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Generator parts, Buzza...
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Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...
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Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 3, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo...
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Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...
Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More
Cabot Station Electric Generating Plant, Gantry Crane, Montague City R...
Significance: The gantry crane is an integral part of Cabot Station, an early and substantial example of American hydroelectric engineering. When built, the plant as the largest hydroelectric facility in New E... More
Cabot Station Electric Generating Plant, Gantry Crane, Montague City R...
Significance: The gantry crane is an integral part of Cabot Station, an early and substantial example of American hydroelectric engineering. When built, the plant as the largest hydroelectric facility in New E... More
Manchester Street Generating Station, Manchester Street Station, 460 E...
Significance: The Manchester Street Station building is significant both for its architecture and its historical function. An important local example of industrial architecture which embodies industrial design... More
Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building No. B-14, 54-58 Grand St...
Significance: B-14 was the Colgate's principal facility for toilet soap manufacture in Jersey City c1903-86, along with adjacent B-15 (HAER No. NJ-71-O), and also housed plant maintenance shops. Although not a... More
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...
See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...
Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...
Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 6, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo...
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Lafayette Street Railway Powerhouse, 2 South Street, Lafayette, Tippec...
Significance: The first electric street railway system was installed in Richmond, Virginia in 1887. Based on its success, the City of Lafayette, Indiana, authorized the Lafayette Street Railway Co. to convert ... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...
Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More
Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...
Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More
Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...
Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More
Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...
Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More
Hoover Dam, Nevada State Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Cl...
Significance: It was the smallest of the six major Federal switchyards at Hoover Dam. This switchyard was constructed to be the principal point at which Nevada's allocation of power from Hoover Dam could be del... More
Market Street Elevated Railway, Allison Substation, Intersection of Ma...
Significance: It is one of approximately 10 electrical conversion-and-distribution stations built in Philadelphia between 1903-08 by and for the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Located on the north side of ... More
Croton Hydroelectric Plant, Powerhouse, Croton Dam Road at Muskegon Ri...
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 Mid... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
Skagit Power Development, Diablo Powerhouse, On Skagit River, 6.1 mile...
Significance: Seattle City Light, during the construction of the Skagit Power Development, maintained a dedication to quality. This becomes evident in the ornamental details of Diablo Powerhouse. Unit 31 in t... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Cottage No. 1, Bishop Cree...
Significance: Building 102 Plant 4 (formerly Cottage, Building No. 1, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built ... More
Commonwealth Electric Company, Fisk Street Electrical Generating Stati...
Significance: The original Fisk Street powerhouse, built in 1903, contained the world's most powerful Curtis steam-turbine generator. Manufactured by General Electric, this vertical steam-turbine generator pro... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo...
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Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo...
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Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lockport Power House and Dam, 2502 Ch...
Significance: The Lockport Power House and Dam were built as part of an extension to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal after the Illinois State Legislature authorized the Sanitary District to develop a water ... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...
Significance: Building 122 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 29 Plant 4), a small Period Revival Style cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Bui... More
Portland General Electric Company, Turbine Building, 1841 Southeast Wa...
Survey number: HAER OR-12-H Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of ...
Significance: Turners Falls Power and Electric Company built only hydroelectric facilities until World War I, when it constructed the coal-fired, steam-powered Hampden Station to meet increased industrial deman... More
Pratt Street Power Plant, South of Pratt Street on Pier 4, Baltimore, ...
Significance: The Pratt Street Power Plant is a striking example of early 20th century industrial architecture and one of 11 buildings to survive the Baltimore Fire of 1904. The central and southern buildings ... More
Illinois Power Company, Marseilles Hydro-electric Plant, North bank of...
Significance: Built as part of the expansion of the Illinois Traction System, the Marseilles Hydro-Electric Plant still has three of the original (1912) generator-turbine units in place. Survey number: HAER IL... More
Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Switch Yard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Cl...
Significance: It was the first and largest of the six major Federal switchyards at Hoover Dam. When the first stage of the switchyard began operations in 1936, it provided electricity at the highest voltages ev... More
Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Pump-Generating Plant, Grand Coul...
Significance: This facility was first known as the Pumping Plant. It was an essential component of the irrigation system of the Grand Coulee Project, and irrigation was a primary justification for the project's... More
Davis Dam, Switchyards, Southeast of Davis Dam, Kingman, Mohave County...
Significance: Davis Dam is significant for its role in control of the lower Colorado River, fulfillment of obligations under the Mexican Treaty of 1944, and economic development of the Southwest after World War... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...
Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More
Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...
Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More
Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street, Newaygo, New...
Significance: Consumers Power Company built the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant in the early 1930s as a link in its system of electric power generation. In designing and building Hardy, the company found a way to ere... More
Wyoming Air National Guard Base, Electric, Air & Heating Plant, Cheyen...
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Wyoming Air National Guard Base, Electric, Air & Heating Plant, Cheyen...
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Bibb Company (Columbus Plant), Thirty-eighth Street & First Avenue (Co...
Significance: The main building of this operating textile mill extends a remarkable 1010 feet east from a bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee River. Until 1954 an American system of rope drive, turned directly... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River...
Significance: As the Chattahoochee crosses the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, it falls 125 feet within 2 1/2 miles producing a potential energy of between 66,000 and 99,000 horsepower. That water power made C... More
Houston Astrodome, 8400 Kirby Drive, Houston, Harris County, TX
Significance: Originally called the Harris County Domed Stadium, the Astrodome was completed in 1964. Conceived as the home of the Houston Colts and Houston Oilers, it was termed by many as the Eighth Wonder of... More
Bonneville Project, Powerhouse No.1, Spanning Bradford Slough, from Br...
Survey number: HAER OR-11-E Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction
Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...
Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More
Philadelphia Electric Company, Richmond Power Station, Southeast end o...
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Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Por...
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Washington Water Power Company Monroe Street Plant, Units 4 & 5, South...
Significance: Installed in Washington Water Power Company's (WWPC) Monroe Street Plant in 1903, Generating Units 4 and 5 are believed to be the oldest turbine-generator units still operating in the State of Was... More
Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...
Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More
Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Po...
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Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 5, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo...
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Electrical installation. Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Construction for frequency c...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Exterior of Benning plant
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. View of opening in generator...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Shaft water pump
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Smokestacks at Benning plant...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Buzzard Point plant fr...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Architect drawing of B...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work insi...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Main gate of Benning plant, ...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Aerial view of Benning...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Second turbine nearing...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation with transformer I
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Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. End of spillway deck at navigation lo...
Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2198. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More
Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Installation of rotor for 25...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation with transformer II...
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