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CA.146-150 S WISCONSIN ST

Historic Name:
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. Plant
Other Name:
WEPCO Port Washington Power Plant
Reference Number:
104137

Property Location

Location (Address)
CA.146-150 S WISCONSIN ST
County
Ozaukee
City/Village
Port Washington
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1935
Additions
1948, 1943, 2004
Survey Date
1992,2022
Architectural Style
Structural System
Steel Frame
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Designated a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1980 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 2004, however, this plant was converted to natural gas and since then all the original coal-fired units and the main smokestacks have been removed, most of the original building was demolished and rebuilt, and all of the original building that remains is its west-facing brick wall.
Bibliographic References
Port Washington, Wisconsin Self-Guided Historic Walking Tours, Spring 2000.

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