Steam Plant, 1968

This image shows Steam Generator Plant, built 1924, that housed a steam-powered generator used by the New River Light and Power Company at Appalachian State University (1967-current). New River Light and Power was started two miles south of Appalachian Training School (1903-1925) on the Edminsten Farm in 1915, supplying power generated from the New River to the School and six individual customers in Boone, NC. When New River ceased generating its own power, Appalachian State renovated the building to generate steam heat for the campus. The Service Annex, built 1949, and I. G. Greer Hall, built 1950, can be seen on the right of the image, and the back of Welborn Hall, built 1925, can be seen on the left.

Power Plants

Public Utilities

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, Box 2, New River and Power Company (new), C14.2.1.2.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

3/19/1968

News Bureau

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Photographs

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1960s

Appalachian State University. New River Light and Power Company (Boone, N.C.)

I. G. Greer Hall (1950). Service Annex (1949). Welborn Hall (Cafeteria) (1925). Steam Generator Plant (1924)

Series 1 -- Campus and Buildings

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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