Built 1901 NRHP Reference # 88003104 Added to NRHP 13 January 1989 | Architectural style Late Victorian, Other Opened 1901 | |
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MPS Public Works and Utilities--Sewage Treatment Facilities in Providence, 1895--1935 TR Similar Chemical Building - Fields Poi, Fields Point, Roger Williams Park, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Touro Synagogue | ||
The Sludge Press House, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant was an historic wastewater treatment facility building at Ernest Street at Fields Point, Rhode Island in Providence, Rhode Island. It was a two-story brick structure, located near the center of the Field's Point facility, just east of the Chemical Building. It was about 138 by 51 feet (42 m × 16 m) in size, with a hip roof, and was built 1899-1901 as part of Providence's first wastewater treatment system. It house the facilities used at the end of the treatment process by which remaining solids were dewatered and compressed before final disposal.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, at which time it was described as being in deteriorated condition. It has since been demolished.