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Hydroelectric Plant
Power plants have stood along the Haxall Canal for more than 100 years.
"Richmond! ... Well-named the electric city." Civic Publication, c. 1888
In 1901, the success of the city's electric streetcar system, which connected its downtown and growing residential areas, led the Virginia Railway and Electric Company to build a new hydroelectric plant along the Haxall Canal. The dramatic building still stands here today. |