Bryant Electric Company, Building NoS 22, 25 & 32, 623 Hancock Ave Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT
The garage structure, building 22, was significant only as a component of the Bryant Electric Company Plant. It housed company vehicles and executive`s personal automobiles. Building 32, the power plant, is significant primarily as a constituent of the Bryant complex. It is an example of how improved technology, increasing awareness of air pollution, energy costs and costs of real estate directed changes in plant operations. Boiler design changed significantly during the first half of the 20th century with increasing efficiency and decreasing size the goal. Bryant management took advantage of new technology by demolishing the old coal-fired steam plant and replacing it with compact, package boilers capable of burning either gas or oil. This opened up additional space for more manufacturing space on the site of the old boiler plant.
Bryant Electric Company, Building NoS 22, 25 & 32, 623 Hancock Ave Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT
The garage structure, building 22, was significant only as a component of the Bryant Electric Company Plant. It housed company vehicles and executive`s personal automobiles. Building 32, the power plant, is significant primarily as a constituent of the Bryant complex. It is an example of how improved technology, increasing awareness of air pollution, energy costs and costs of real estate directed changes in plant operations. Boiler design changed significantly during the first half of the 20th century with increasing efficiency and decreasing size the goal. Bryant management took advantage of new technology by demolishing the old coal-fired steam plant and replacing it with compact, package boilers capable of burning either gas or oil. This opened up additional space for more manufacturing space on the site of the old boiler plant.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
