This 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" black and white photograph shows an elevated view of a one-story brick powerhouse. There is a large smokestack at the back of the building with smoke coming out of it. There are a few small buildings clustered around the powerhouse, and houses and farms can be seen far into the distance.
Union College, Ella Johnson Crandall Memorial Library
Local Accession/Call Number
Album 1, Page 76
Historical Notes
Union College's second powerhouse was built in 1908, after the original powerhouse burned down in 1907. The college began to generate its own electricity in 1894. The date when the college began to rely on electricity from an outside source is unknown.