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Heating and Power Plant-North (West Lafayette, Ind.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2014
  • Usage: 1924 - 1964
  • Usage: 1924 - 1941
  • Usage: 1924 - 1941
  • Usage: 1932 - 1941

Historical Information

The North Power Plant was built in 1925 in order to meet the growing needs of the university. It supplied the university's buildings with light and power in the most economically responsible way. A fire occurred in 1932 and a lightning strike damaged the chimney in 1938. The building also went through multiple renovations and expansions.

Citation:
Heating and Power Plant-North. Purdue Campus Facilities and Buildings Historic Database. Access September 16, 2019. http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/campus/buildings/245

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Heating and Power Plant records

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 61, Placement: 08
Identifier: UA 139
Scope and Contents

The Heating and Power Plant records contain one 1925 article describing the new power plant constructed at Purdue to meet the growing needs of the university.

Dates: 1925
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Physical Plant records

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 61, Placement: 04
Identifier: UA 135
Scope and Contents

The Purdue University Physical Plant records contain an engineering survey of the plant completed by C. Francis Harding and Gilbert A. Young in 1921, a guide to the services provided by the Physical Plant published in the 1970s, and an organizational chart from 1989.

Dates: 1921 - 1979
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections