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Spalding_Power_Plant_and_Dam Latitude and Longitude:
41°40′54″N 98°21′37″W / 41.68167°N 98.36028°W / 41.68167; -98.36028
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Spalding Power Plant and Dam
Wheel house from the east
Spalding Power Plant and Dam is located in Nebraska
Spalding Power Plant and Dam
Spalding Power Plant and Dam is located in the United States
Spalding Power Plant and Dam
Location10 County Rd., Spalding, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°40′54″N 98°21′37″W / 41.68167°N 98.36028°W / 41.68167; -98.36028
Area58 acres (23 ha)
Built1919
NRHP reference  No. 98001569 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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 south (downstream)
  • Diversion dam on the Cedar River; from the west
    Diversion dam on the Cedar River; from the west
  • Diversion dam on the Cedar River; from the southwest (downstream)
    Diversion dam on the Cedar River; from the southwest (downstream)
  • reservoir from downstream
    reservoir from downstream
  • Rail-mounted winch atop diversion dam
    Rail-mounted winch atop diversion dam
  • Rail-mounted winch atop diversion dam
    Rail-mounted winch atop diversion dam
  • Sluice gates from upstream
    Sluice gates from upstream
  • Sluice gates from downstream
    Sluice gates from downstream
  • Wheel house from upstream
    Wheel house from upstream
  • Wheel house from west
    Wheel house from west
  • Wheel house from southwest
    Wheel house from southwest
  • Wheel house from southeast
    Wheel house from southeast
  • Tailrace from upstream
    Tailrace from upstream

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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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