Home > Connecticut > Killingly Center > Dayville Mills Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, North side of Route 101, .5 mile west of Route 395, Killingly Center, Windham County, CT
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West Front Of Hydroelectric Powerhouse With Intake Structure, Canal Spillway At Left Center, View East
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View South, North Side Of Hydroelectric Powerhouse At Left With Bridge Over Canal Spillway In Foreground And Mill Complex In Background
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View East, Detail West Front Of Hydroelectric Powerhouse
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Powerhouse, Ground Level, Generator And Exciter Located In Powerhouse At Ground Level Looking Northeast
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Powerhouse, Ground Level, Looking Southeast Generator, Governor, Exciter And Kilowatt-hour Recorder Located In Powerhouse At Ground Level Looking Southeast
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Powerhouse, Generator And Governor Located At Ground Level Looking Northwest
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Powerhouse, Foreground On Ceiling Exciter Flatbelt Pulleys, Back Right, Wooden Personal Facility Located In Powerhouse Lower Level Looking South
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Powerhouse, Lower Level, Left, Governor Drive Motor With Belt On Right, Hydraulic Pump With Reservoir Tank, Steam Heat Pipes On Back Wall Looking Northeast
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Powerhouse, Lower Level, Looking Northwest, Pressure Case Which Contains The Water Turbine
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Location.5 mile west of Route 395,
Killingly Center, CT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CT-145-B
Significance: The Dayville Mills Hydroelectric Facility powerhouse was built c1925 to provide the Dayville Mills Complex with electrical power to drive textile machinery. The powerhouse includes a free standing brick building, headgate, penstock, turbine, generator, and governor all of which were retired from service c1962 and survive in 1993. In 1858 Sabin L. Sayles and Harris C. Sayles of Pascoag, RI, built a textile mill building in Dayville. In the mid 1800's the area was characterized by an influx of out of state firms moving in and expanding the textile industry. In 1883 a 50 foot by 200 foot 4-1/2 story brick structure was erected by the Sabin L. Sayles Co. This woolen goods manufactory became the principal industrial institution in the village of Dayville. In 1993 the building stands vacant.
Subjects
Powerhouses
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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Photograph caption(s):
1. WEST FRONT OF HYDROELECTRIC POWERHOUSE WITH INTAKE STRUCTURE, CANAL SPILLWAY AT LEFT CENTER, VIEW EAST
2. VIEW SOUTH, NORTH SIDE OF HYDROELECTRIC POWERHOUSE AT LEFT WITH BRIDGE OVER CANAL SPILLWAY IN FOREGROUND AND MILL COMPLEX IN BACKGROUND
3. VIEW EAST, DETAIL WEST FRONT OF HYDROELECTRIC POWERHOUSE
4. POWERHOUSE, GROUND LEVEL, GENERATOR AND EXCITER LOCATED IN POWERHOUSE AT GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. POWERHOUSE, GROUND LEVEL, LOOKING SOUTHEAST GENERATOR, GOVERNOR, EXCITER AND KILOWATT-HOUR RECORDER LOCATED IN POWERHOUSE AT GROUND LEVEL LOOKING SOUTHEAST
6. POWERHOUSE, GENERATOR AND GOVERNOR LOCATED AT GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NORTHWEST
7. POWERHOUSE, FOREGROUND ON CEILING EXCITER FLATBELT PULLEYS, BACK RIGHT, WOODEN PERSONAL FACILITY LOCATED IN POWERHOUSE LOWER LEVEL LOOKING SOUTH
8. POWERHOUSE, LOWER LEVEL, LEFT, GOVERNOR DRIVE MOTOR WITH BELT ON RIGHT, HYDRAULIC PUMP WITH RESERVOIR TANK, STEAM HEAT PIPES ON BACK WALL LOOKING NORTHEAST
9. POWERHOUSE, LOWER LEVEL, LOOKING NORTHWEST, PRESSURE CASE WHICH CONTAINS THE WATER TURBINE
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