Reading_Municipal_Light_and_Power_Station

Reading Municipal Light and Power Station

Reading Municipal Light and Power Station

United States historic place

The Reading Municipal Light and Power Station is a historic municipal power station building at 226 Ash Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The single-story brick building was built in 1894 after the town decided to build a municipal power station. The Romanesque style building was designed by George E. Abbott, and housed power generating equipment until 1925, when it was converted to housing power switching equipment.[2] It now houses municipal offices.

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The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "NRHP nomination for Reading Municipal Light and Power Station". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-16.


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