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Traction and Electrical Company, Power Station
211 Water Street - Bay City, MI

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The following is a reprinting from "Historic American Engineering Record" of the Library of Congress. The information includes the early histories of power generation in Michigan, Lower Saginaw (Bay City) and the Pratt & Koeppe architural firm..

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HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD

BAY CITY TRACTION AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, POWER STATION

HAER NO. MI-76-A

Location	211 Water Street, Bay City, Michigan, NW1/4, SW1/4, NE1/4, NW1/4, Section 28, T14N, R5E, Civil Town of Bangor, Bay County, Michigan.
Date of Construction:	1893
Architect:	Leverett A. Pratt, Pratt & Koeppe
Present Owner:	City of Bay City 301 Washington Ave. Bay City, Michigan 48708
Present Use:	Vacant
Significance:	The Bay City Traction and Electric Power Station Building was constructed as a steam generating plant providing power for interurban electric traction transportation in Bay City, Michigan. This building represents a brief but important 30 year period of electric traction power uitilization for mass transportation in Michigan cities.
Project Information:	This mitigative document was undertaken in 1996 in accordance with Stipulation I(A)(1) of the First Amended Memorandum of Agreement between the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, The Bay County Historical Society and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The structure associated with the Bay City Tranction and Electric Company is scheduled for demolition. Dr. John D. Richards, Principal Investigator, Patricia B. Richards, Project Historian with Great Lakes Achaeological Research Center, Inc.; Joseph Paskus, Project Photographer.

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