N of Bridge St., W side of the Shetucket River, Norwich, Connecticut. County/parish: New London.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 06, 1996. NRIS 96001459.
2 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Occum Hydroelectric Plant and Dam is a historic hydroelectric plant and dam north of Bridge Street on the west side of the Shetucket River in Norwich, Connecticut. The facility includes a rare surviving partial example of a large-scale dam built for a textile mill in 1865, and an early example of a hydroelectric power generation facility established in 1934. It is one of a small number of surviving hydroelectric plants in the state which was built before 1940. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355857