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Strong Stream Mill

Mill (water)
Strong Stream Mill
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Recorded change of use
Originally mill (water); recorded by the architectural inventory as hydroelectric power station
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Detached eleven-bay seven-storey rubble stone built former mill building, c. 1820, with segmental-headed openings and crenellated parapet. Converted to hydro-electric generation plant, c. 1891. Dismantled, pre-1990. Re-commissioned and extended c. 1990, with concrete block built turbine house added. Of historic interest on account of being the source of power to light Carlow town in 1891, the first inland town in either Ireland or Great Britain to be so lighted.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 10400402

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  • Abbeyvet, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, ru.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, carlowtourism.com
  • Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • liam murphy, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, in.pinterest.com
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