Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station
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| Location | Brockton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°04′57.2″N 71°01′2.6″W / 42.082556°N 71.017389°W |
| Built | 1883 |
| Architect | Frank J. Sprague |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000874[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 1987 |
Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station or "Brockton Edison Company - Old Power Station" is a historic power plant at 70 School Street in Brockton, Massachusetts. It was one of the earliest power plants built by Thomas Edison.
The plant opened on October 1, 1883. It contained three "H" dynamos capable of powering about 1600 lamps.[2]
The Brockton plant was soon followed by others in Lawrence and Fall River, Massachusetts, and Newburgh, New York.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
See also[edit]
- Edison Illuminating Company
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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- Energy infrastructure completed in 1883
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Energy infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places
- National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs