Spalding Power Plant and Dam | |
 Wheel house from the east | |
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| Location | 10 County Rd., Spalding, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′54″N 98°21′37″W / 41.68167°N 98.36028°W |
| Area | 58 acres (23 ha) |
| Built | 1919 |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001569[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1998 |
The Spalding Power Plant and Dam, at 10 County Rd. in Spalding in Greeley County, Nebraska, was built in 1919. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
The 58 acres (23 ha) site listed included two contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and two contributing sites.[1]
The buildings are one housing electrical generating engines and the wheel house which contains water powered turbines. The structure is the combination of the dam, its water race, and headgates. The sites are a golf course and a lake.[2]
Gallery
Diversion dam on the Cedar River; from the south (downstream)
Diversion dam on the Cedar River; from the west
Diversion dam on the Cedar River; from the southwest (downstream)
reservoir from downstream
Rail-mounted winch atop diversion dam
Rail-mounted winch atop diversion dam
Sluice gates from upstream
Sluice gates from downstream
Wheel house from upstream
Wheel house from west
Wheel house from southwest
Wheel house from southeast
Tailrace from upstream
References
- 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Cora Esch (September 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Spalding Power Plant and Dam / GY00-163, GY00-164". National Park Service. Retrieved June 13, 2017. With four photos from 1998.
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