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- Complex Name (Common)
- Terry Steam Turbine Co.
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Terry Steam Turbine Co.
- Address or Location
- 874 Windsor Street, Hartford
- County
- Hartford
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Community
- n/a
- Historic Information
Companies Associated w/Complex
- Terry Steam Turbine Co. 1907-c.1960s
Use (Historic)
Largest Documented Workforce
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Historic Narrative
After establishing the Oil City Generating Station, E. C. Terry devoted his experimental work in power generation to steam turbines, receiving patents for high-speed versions in 1893 and 1899, and for low-speed designs in 1900, 1903, 1905 and 1908. He incorporated Terry Steam Turbine Co. in 1906. Early orders included eight 300-horsepower turbines that drove boiler feed pumps at New York Edison Co.'s Waterside No.2 Plant. After Terry died in 1908 his son James ran the firm. James Terry tapped the military market, selling vertical turbines to the Navy for driving forced draft fans in destroyers. Terry Steam Turbine Co. operated here until the mid-1960s. (Roth) In 1917, the company provided employees letters for the World War I draft board requesting they be excused to continue the important work supporting the war effort. The firm was bought by Ingersoll Rand in 1974.
- Architectural Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Two (2) primary blocks.
Dates of Construction
1908, 1911
Architect
George B. Allen
Builder
Berlin Construction Co.
Building Type
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Architectural Description
In 1907 Terry engaged mill architect George B. Allen to design this plant and Berlin Construction Co. to build it. Completed in 1908, the high one-story factory, originally 200' x 80', has steel framing and brick-pier walls; there are three long bays with a monitor over the central bay. The plant was lengthened by 230' in 1911 to accommodate expanded production from Navy orders. (Roth)
Exterior Material(s)
Structural System(s)
Roof Form
Roof Material
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Power Source
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Condition
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Condition Notes
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- Property Information
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Specific Location
One 4.27 acre parcel at the north end of Windsor Street
Adjacent To
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Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link
- 285/74/10 (for record, use link and type in address or parcel number) / Link →
Acreage
4.72
Use (Present)
- Sources
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Form Completed By
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Date
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Bibliography
- Roth, Matthew, et al, Connecticut: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites (Washington DC: SIA, 1981).
- Drury, David. Hartford in World War One (Charleston SC: History Press, 2015).
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Photography Date
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