Manchester Street Generating Station
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| Coordinates | 41°48′57″N 71°24′16″W / 41.815829°N 71.404329°WCoordinates: 41°48′57″N 71°24′16″W / 41.815829°N 71.404329°W |
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The Manchester Street Generating Station is a 510 MW[1] gas-fired power station in the Jewelry District of Providence, Rhode Island. The station's main building is located along the Providence River and defined by three 321 foot (98 m) tall smoke stacks.[2][3] The plant has three Siemens gas turbines and three ABB steam turbines.
The power station is owned by , which purchased the facility from Dominion Energy in 2018.[4]
History[]
The Manchester Street Generating Station was constructed in 1903 by the , in part to power trolley lines. The monumental Georgian revival is thought to be designed by architect Alfred E. Stone.[5] In 1913, the company constructed two additions to the original power house: a boiler room and a switch house.[6] The facility was purchased from the Rhode Island Company by the Narragansett Electric Company in 1926.
In 1940, noted architect Paul Philippe Cret designed an addition to the building's southern facade. A 1996 renovation by William D. Warner Architects & Planners integrated postmodern elements and the structure's three smokestacks.
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References[]
- ^ Manchester Street Station safety training video
- ^ "Hannah Sheldon-Dean's Project: The Manchester Street Generating Station". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Rhode Island Company Powerhouse // Guide to Providence Architecture". guide.ppsri.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Starwood Energy to Buy Two Power Stations in $1.23 Billion Deal". Wall Street Journal. 2018-09-24. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Manchester Street Generating Station, Manchester Street Station, 460 Eddy Street, Providence, Providence County, RI". Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
The original 1903 architectural design was possibly the work of Alfred Stone
- ^ Kulik, Gary; Bonham, Julia C. (1978). Rhode Island: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, Historic American Engineering Record. p. 199.
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