Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company

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Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company
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Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company is located in West Virginia
Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company
Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company is located in the United States
Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company
LocationChurch St., Spencer, West Virginia
Coordinates38°47′55″N 81°21′8″W / 38.79861°N 81.35222°W / 38.79861; -81.35222
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.07000238[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 2007

Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company, also known as Spencer Ice Plant, is a historic power station and ice manufacturing plant located at Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903 and expanded in 1911. It is a one-story, brick industrial building in the Romanesque Revival style. The original section measures 82 feet deep and 42 feet wide. Also on the property is a maintenance shed dated to the 1930s. Its development represented the first public attempt to bring water and power to the city of Spencer.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Frank Unger (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chrystal Water and Power Company-Spencer Water and Ice Company" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.



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