New River Power Plant, circa 1960, photo 1

This image shows the remaining walls of the New River Light and Power Company Plant, built in 1915 on the Edminsten Farm by the New River, where a dam was constructed to generate hydropower for Appalachian Training School (1903-1925) and Boone, NC. The plant was manned by three people and had an unstable generator prone to power outages. In 1923, the plant caught fire and was destroyed. It was quickly rebuilt and power was restored by 1924, and a new dam was built farther upstream.

Power Plants

Public Utilities

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, Box 2, Power Plant New River, C14.2.1.2.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Photographs

English

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

1960-1969

Series 12 -- Affiliated People, Places, and Events

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