Sludge Press House, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant

	Sludge Press House, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°47′40″N 71°23′24″W / 41.79444°N 71.39000°W
Built	1901
Architect	Office of City Engineer, Providence
Architectural style	Late Victorian
MPS	Public Works and Utilities--Sewage Treatment Facilities in Providence, 1895--1935 TR
NRHP reference No.	88003104
Added to NRHP	January 13, 1989

The Sludge Press House was an historic wastewater treatment facility building at the Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant at Fields Point, Rhode Island in Providence, Rhode Island. It was a two-story brick structure, located near the center of the Field's Point facility, just east of the Chemical Building. It was about 138 by 51 feet (42 m × 16 m) in size, with a hip roof, and was built 1899-1901 as part of Providence's first wastewater treatment system. It housed the facilities used at the end of the treatment process by which remaining solids were dewatered and compressed before final disposal.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, at which time it was described as being in deteriorated condition.^[1] It has since been demolished.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Sludge Press House, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-29.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. RI-20-H, "Providence Sewage Treatment System, Fields Point Plant, Sludge Press House, Ernest Street, Providence, Providence County, RI"

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Sludge Press House, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-29.

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