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]
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| Location | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′34″N 71°23′02″W / 41.8760°N 71.3840°W |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Stone, Carpenter & Willson |
| MPS | Pawtucket MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003805 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1983 |
The plant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Historic Resources of Pawtucket (PDF pages 139-141)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-13.