Bridge Mill Power Plant

Bridge Mill Power Plant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°52′34″N 71°23′02″W / 41.8760°N 71.3840°W / 41.8760; -71.3840Coordinates: 41°52′34″N 71°23′02″W / 41.8760°N 71.3840°W / 41.8760; -71.3840
Built	1893
Architect	Stone, Carpenter & Willson
MPS	Pawtucket MRA
NRHP reference No.	83003805 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1983

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]

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

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

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