Built 1883 NRHP Reference # 87000874 Added to NRHP 17 September 1987 | Architect Frank J. Sprague Opened 1883 | |
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Similar Forest Avenue School, Brockton City Hall, DW Field Park, Campanelli Stadium, Fuller Craft Museum | ||
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.
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.
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