Toledo Traction Company Power Station

  • Also Known As: Toledo Edison Company WAter Stret Station, et al
  • Also Known As: Toledo Poer House

  • Address: 300 Water St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1895/00/00 D H Burnham and Company Architect The Toledo Traction Company Power Station is built to accommodate a merger by various Toledo electric utilities companies. It is one of the largest power plants in the Midwest.
1895/00/00 Saregen and Lundy Engineers Architect Sargent and Lundy operate Toledo Traction Company Power Station where the boiler rooms produced electricity for streetcar lines and most buildings and residence using Edison's new three-wire system. Invention of Public Electricity Supply
1908/00/00 The station is supplying energy for all of Toledo's gas, electric and steam utilities. Another boiler room was installed between 1900 and 1905, a new turbine generator in 1907 and a second turbine in 1908.
1913/00/00 Cities Service Company Operator The Toledo Traction Company Power Station is taken over by Cities Service Company.

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Particulars for Toledo Traction Company Power Station:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Engineering
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private
Historic Use Public Works



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 19th June 2003

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Toledo Traction Company Power Station
Registry Address: 300 Water St.
Registry Number: 03000555
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Saregen and Lundy Engieers; Durnham, D.H., and Company
Architectural Style: Classical revival
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1895, 1998
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-Function: Public works
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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