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Trenton Falls Hydroelectric Station, On west bank of West Canada Creek, along Trenton F, Trenton, Oneida County, NY
Locationalong Trenton F,
Trenton, NY
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Documentation compiled after 1968.
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Survey number HAER NY-155
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N502).
Significance: Strongly influenced by the earliest Niagara hydroelectric project, the 1901 Trenton Falls Station was installed in a spectacular gorge and was probably the highest-head contemporary plant in the eastern United States. A distinctly transitional station, Trenton Falls combined European-style turbines which soon proved outmoded with prescient, long-lived choices in electric generating and control equipment. The new powerhouse, added to the old one in 1919, reflected a generation of rapid development in hydroelectric station design and equipment. Together, the two powerhouses survive as a powerful example of technological and architectural change over a short period of time. The largely-original 56-foot-high dam evokes the regional magnitude of the station when first built.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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