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Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant

Coordinates: 35°56′11″N 77°48′2″W / 35.93639°N 77.80056°W / 35.93639; -77.80056
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Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant
Front and eastern side
Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant is located in North Carolina
Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant
Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant is located in the United States
Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant
Location217 Andrews St., Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Coordinates35°56′11″N 77°48′2″W / 35.93639°N 77.80056°W / 35.93639; -77.80056
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1901 (1901), 1920
NRHP reference No.82003494[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1982

Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant, also known as Pearsall Machine Works, Inc., is a historic power station located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. It was built in 1901 as a one-story brick facility and raised to its present height of two stories, and a rear addition was made as well, in 1920. It has a corrugated metal gable roof with parapet gable ends. The building housed a power plant until 1910.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Beth Pearsall (April 1981). "Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.