Sterling Digital Collections

Sterling, Kansas

Sterling Light Plant

Title

Sterling Light Plant

Subject

History--Sterling, Kansas

Description

This photograph, taken in 1898, shows the light plan located in Sterling. It was first built in 1887, and was the first plant of its kind to be built in the town. It cost $50,000 to build, and contained boilers with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons each day. The manager of the light plant when the photo was taken was M. A. Olmstead.

Source

Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas

Publisher

Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas

Date

1898

Contributor

Jerald K. Bourgain

Relation

Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs Collection

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Photographs

Identifier

MM_STERLING177.jpg

MM_STERLING178.jpg



Citation
“Sterling Light Plant,” Sterling Digital Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, https://sterling.digitalsckls.info/item/357.
Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

7.5 in. x 12 in.