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| Keywords: Edison-Edgar Station Weymouth.jpg en Edison Electric Illuminating Company Charles L Edgar Station Bridge Street at Fore River Weymouth Norfolk MA The multi-story Industrial Gothic central generating station was built in 1923 as a supplement to Edison's L St Generating Plant Named after company president Charles Edgar the plant produced steam at 1200 pounds pressure more than double the pressure that had ever been used before to run a pair of high pressure turbines The plant was among the very early steam-electric stations to produce a kilowatt hour for less than a pound of coal It was in 1930 the largest tidewater electric plant in the East The station was closed in 1970 and in 1976 was named a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark 1982 LOC-image pnp hhh ma1231 Jet Lowe - HAER MASS 11-WEYMO 6--1 Uploaded with UploadWizard Weymouth Massachusetts Power plants in Massachusetts Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks History of industry in Massachusetts | ||||
