
Tibbe Power Company - Washington, MO
Posted by:
YoSam.
N 38° 33.748 W 091° 00.871
15S E 672988 N 4270093
Tibbe Power Plant...first electricity in city in 1893.
Waymark Code: WMZEDA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2018
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: Front St., mid-block, between Cedar St. & Olive St., south side, Washington
Built: 1915
Classified: C-2 & commercial
Current Occupant: Paperbacks For Educators
Marker Text:
Tibbe Power Company
In December of 1915, and much fanfare, this power plant came online. Remarkable for that era, this building housed two 75-horsepower generators. Theodore Link of St. Louis Union Station fame was the architect.
1915