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Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant

Coordinates: 42°22′16″N 71°13′58″W / 42.37111°N 71.23278°W / 42.37111; -71.23278
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Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant
Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant is located in Massachusetts
Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant
Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant is located in the United States
Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant
Location96 Pine St.,
Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′16″N 71°13′58″W / 42.37111°N 71.23278°W / 42.37111; -71.23278
MPSWaltham MRA
NRHP reference No.89001537[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1989

The Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant is a historic power company generator building at 96 Pine Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Built c. 1900–1909, this large concrete-and-stone building is an essentially unaltered early power generation plant, although all of its window openings have been filled with concrete. It originally housed a steam power generator, and was sold by Waltham Gas and Electric to Boston Edison, who converted it to an electrical substation in 1917, a role it continues to fulfill.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-01.