POWER STATION
Power House, Boiler House, Pumping Station
Built: 1891
Addition: 1897
Architect: Foster & Liebbe
Contractor: W.B. Christy 1891, Jackson & Moss 1897
Located just north of Laboratory of Mechanics, where east part of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory stands now.
The contract for construction of a new boiler house was awarded to W.B. Christy in July 1891, in the amount of $2849.1 Later in the year $400 was appropriated for purchase of a boiler.
A pump house was an integral part of the new water system designed by Anson Marston in 1896. That structure was erected as a westward extension of the Power Station in 1897 under contract with Jackson & Moss for $1330 with an additional $290 for building the foundations for and installation of the pumping machinery.2
In 1899 a new boiler was installed in the Power Station at a cost of $1109.65.3 Another addition and boiler were added in 1902.4
The Power Station housed the electrical generating plant as well as the pumping station and also served as a laboratory facility for Mechanical Engineering.
The building was razed in 1912 to make room for the new Mechanical Engineering Building.5