According the historic marker, the first "Central Station Hydro Electric"
plant was on the west bank of the Mississippi in 1882. It could be the
Paterson facility was not a "central station" (whatever the official
definition of that is). It could also be the MN Historical Society (and the
IEEE) are wrong.
>With all due respect to Sheldon Mains, the first hydroelectric plant in
>the western hemisphere was in Paterson, New Jersey. The city was founded
>by Alexander Hamilton who formed the Society for Useful
>Manufacturing. This was before Hamilton tripped in the city of
>Weehawken. The Passaic Falls shows up prominently in several episodeds of
>the "Sopronos."
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