Dominion Energy

The Manchester Street Generating Station was constructed in 1903 by the Rhode Island Company, in part to power trolley lines. The monumental Georgian revival is...
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The Manchester Street Generating Station was constructed in 1903 by the Rhode Island Company, in part to power trolley lines. The monumental Georgian revival is thought to be designed by architect Alfred E. Stone.[5] In 1913, the company constructed two additions to the original power house: a boiler room and a switch house.[6] The facility was purchased from the Rhode Island Company by the Narragansett Electric Company in 1926.

In 1940, noted architect Paul Philippe Cret designed an addition to the building's southern facade. A 1996 renovation by William D. Warner Architects & Planners integrated postmodern elements and the structure's three smokestacks.

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