Granbury Light Plant
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txoilgas
N 32° 26.850 W 097° 47.093
14S E 614217 N 3590689
Located on the wall near the front entrance to the building.
Waymark Code: WM800K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2009
Views: 8
Marker Number: 2243
Marker Text:
Before 1923, privately owned light companies supplied electricity to the citizens of Granbury. In that year, the residents voted to build and own their own power plant. The city purchased the Granbury water, ice, light and power company and built this structure to house the new plant. Constructed by the municipal engineering company, the industrial building still houses the diesel engines and other machinery that generated electricity until the plant closed in 1954.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1994
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