Manchester St. Power Plant
The Manchester Street Power Plant was originally built to power the city’s electric streetcars with direct current in the year 1903. In the 1940′s the plant used was steam, by the 1960′s it used oil as well, and in the 1980′s natural gas was added to the mix. Its architecture has since been restored and it now produces 500 megawatts of electricity, nearly three times the original output. Source: Google Maps
Providence, RI.
This entry was posted on September 14, 2009. It was filed under Photography and was tagged with Architecture, Industrial, Providence, Rhode Island.
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