Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station
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Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station or "Brockton Edison Company - Old Power Station" is a historic power plant at 70 School Street in Brockton, Massachusetts. It was one of the earliest power plants built by Thomas Edison. The plant opened on October 1, 1883. It contained three "H" dynamos capable of powering about 1600 lamps.The Brockton plant was soon followed by others in Lawrence and Fall River, Massachusetts, and Newburgh, New York. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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School Street, Brockton
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N 42.082555555556 ° | E -71.017388888889 ° |
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Edison Building
School Street 70
02303 Brockton
Massachusetts, United States
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