- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Columbus Railroad Company, Power Station, Eighteenth Street on Chattahoochee River, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Contributor to Resource:
- Baldwin, George J,
Flournoy, J F,
Pearce, George A,
Reynolds, H S,
Sharpe, David,
Karfunkle, J B,
Kimmelman, Barbara A,
Lupold, John S, - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Columbus (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
railroad facilities
power producing machinery
railroad companies
power industry
public utilities
fires - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 8 | Data Page(s): 20
Significance: This was the first central hydroelectric generating station in Columbus. From 1887-1906 it produced most of the electricity used for street, commercial and residential lighting, and for small power needs. It was a typical early low head development. The plant is interesting because of its early construction and the important service it provided. The equipment was dismantled in 1951, and shortly afterward the structure burned. The steel framework and iron roof remain; the six original turbines are visible through the burned-out wood floor.
Survey number: HAER GA-27
Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1950- 1974 Demolished - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA,108-COLM,18-
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0263/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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