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United States historic place
Spalding Power Plant and Dam
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Wheel house from the east
Spalding Power Plant and Dam is located in NebraskaSpalding Power Plant and DamShow map of NebraskaSpalding Power Plant and Dam is located in the United StatesSpalding Power Plant and DamShow map of the United States
Location10 County Rd., Spalding, Nebraska
Coordinates41°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
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.

The 58 acres (23 ha) site listed included two contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and two contributing sites.

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.

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. ^ "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.
National Register of Historic Places in Greeley County, Nebraska
Historic districts Greeley County map
Historic properties
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Greeley County, Nebraska and List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska


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