Bridge Mill Power Plant

The Bridge Mill Power Plant is an historic hydroelectric plant at 25 Roosevelt Avenue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It is a red brick building, with sections two and three stories in height, located on the west bank of the Seekonk River. An ashlar granite retaining wall obscures a conduit which delivers water to the facility from the Pawtucket Falls Dam. The facility has three parts: a gate house, which controls the flow of water into the power house, where five turbines were located. A boiler house housed a steam generation facility which was used to generate power when the water levels were too low for hydroelectric power generation. Built in 1893, this is probably the best-preserved 19th-century hydroelectric power station in Rhode Island.[2]

Bridge Mill Power Plant
Bridge Mill Power Plant is located in Rhode Island
Bridge Mill Power Plant
Bridge Mill Power Plant is located in the United States
Bridge Mill Power Plant
LocationPawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates41.8760°N 71.3840°W / 41.8760; -71.3840
Built1893
ArchitectStone, Carpenter & Willson
MPSPawtucket MRA
NRHP reference No.83003805 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1983

The plant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Historic Resources of Pawtucket (PDF pages 139-141)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-13.


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