Oneida Street Station

	Oneida Street Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°2′28″N 87°54′41″W / 43.04111°N 87.91139°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1900
Architect	Herman Esser
Architectural style	Neoclassical revival
NRHP reference No.	84000701
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1984

Oneida Street Station, also known as the East Wells Power Plant, was a power plant operated by

Wisconsin Energy Corporation, eventually became the major supplier of power to eastern Wisconsin.^[3] The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) describes the plant as the "first central power station in the United States to be equipped and successfully operated with pulverized coal."^[4]

The oldest building of the complex is the machine shop and boiler room #2, designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1890 for the Edison Illuminating Company. In 1896 the company and building were merged into the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company. In 1900 TMER&L built the Oneida Street Plant just south of the old Edison building. Boiler room #3 was added north of the Edison building in 1923 and 1925. Boiler room #4 was added in 1938.^[5]

From 1918 to 1920, the plant was the site of pioneering experiments into the use of

National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, in 1980, by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.^[4]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic places in 1984.[6] However, the power plant was decommissioned and the building was renovated in 1987. The building currently houses the Patty and Jay Baker Theater Complex and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.^[7]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ TMER&L Building, Old Milwaukee.net
^ TMER&L at trainweb.org
^ ^a ^b "Wells Street Power Station at ASME.org". Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
^ Gary Tipler (1984-08-17). NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Oneida Street Station. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-12. With nine photos, including two from the early 1900s.
^ "Oneida Street Station". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
^ "Oneida Street Power Plant". Photograph. Wisconsin Historical Society. December 2003. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] TMER&L Building, Old Milwaukee.net

[3] TMER&L at trainweb.org

[ASME-4] "Wells Street Power Station at ASME.org". Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

[nrhp_nom-5] Gary Tipler (1984-08-17). NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Oneida Street Station. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-12. With nine photos, including two from the early 1900s.

[6] "Oneida Street Station". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

[7] "Oneida Street Power Plant". Photograph. Wisconsin Historical Society. December 2003. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

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