Global InformationOccum Hydroelectric Plant and Dam information
Occum Hydroelectric Plant and Dam | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | N of Bridge St., W side of the Shetucket River, Norwich, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°35′49″N 72°3′1″W / 41.59694°N 72.05028°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1865 |
| Architect | Potter, Henry T.; Chandler & Palmer |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001459[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 06, 1996 |
The Occum Hydroelectric Plant and Dam is a historic hydroelectric plant and dam north of Bridge Street on the west side of the Shetucket River in Norwich, Connecticut. The facility includes a rare surviving partial example of a large-scale dam built for a textile mill in 1865, and an early example of a hydroelectric power generation facility established in 1934. It is one of a small number of surviving hydroelectric plants in the state which was built before 1940.[2] The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Occum Hydroelectric Plant and Dam". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-30.