Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station
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Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station
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| Location: | Brockton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates: | 42°5′0″N 70°59′46″W / 42.08333°N 70.99611°WCoordinates: 42°5′0″N 70°59′46″W / 42.08333°N 70.99611°W |
| Built: | 1883 |
| Architect: | Sprague,Frank J. |
| Architectural style: | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
87000874 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 17, 1987 |
Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station or "Brockton Edison Company - Old Power Station" is an 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, Massachusetts, Fall River and Newburgh, New York.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ^ Electrical world, Volume 80, McGraw-Hill, 1922
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