Manchester Street Generating Station

The Manchester Street Generating Station is a 510 MW^[1] gas-fired power station in the Jewelry District of Providence, Rhode Island. The station's main building is located along the Providence River and defined by three 321 foot (98 m) tall smoke stacks.^[2][3] The plant has three Siemens gas turbines and three ABB steam turbines.

Manchester Street Generating Station
Manchester Street Generating Station in Providence, Rhode Island
Country	United States
Coordinates	41.815829°N 71.404329°W / 41.815829; -71.404329
Owner	Starwood Energy Group
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	515 MW
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The power station is owned by Starwood Energy Group, which purchased the facility from Dominion Energy in 2018.^[4]

History

The Manchester Street Generating Station was constructed as a coal-burning power plant in 1903 by the Rhode Island Company, in part to power trolley lines. The monumental Georgian revival building is thought to be designed by architect Alfred 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 Narragansett Electric Company in 1926.

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

See also

• South Street Station

References

1. Manchester Street Station safety training video
2. "Hannah Sheldon-Dean's Project: The Manchester Street Generating Station". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
3. "Rhode Island Company Powerhouse // Guide to Providence Architecture". guide.ppsri.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
4. "Starwood Energy to Buy Two Power Stations in $1.23 Billion Deal". Wall Street Journal. 2018-09-24. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
5. "Manchester Street Generating Station, Manchester Street Station, 460 Eddy Street, Providence, Providence County, RI". Library of Congress. Library of Congress. Retrieved 28 September 2021. The original 1903 architectural design was possibly the work of Alfred Stone
6. Kulik, Gary; Bonham, Julia C. (1978). Rhode Island: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, Historic American Engineering Record. p. 199.