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Chemical Building, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant

Chemical Building, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant

United States historic place

The Chemical Building is a historic wastewater treatment building at Field's Point Wastewater Treatment Facility in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1900–01, it is one of the two oldest buildings at Providence's main sewage treatment facility. It is a 2-1/2 story brick structure measuring 103 feet (31 m) by 38 feet (12 m). The long facades are divided into 9 bays, separated by brick piers. When originally built, the structure had a concrete first floor, a wooden second floor, and a loft area accessed by catwalks, and was used to hold and deliver chemicals used to neutralize the wastewater arriving via the Ernest Street Sewage Pumping Station. In the 1930s the plant was converted to use an active sludge process, and the interior of the building was altered to be a single large chamber.[2]

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. [2]
    "NRHP nomination for Chemical Building, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-09.


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