View source for Chemical Building, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant

{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Chemical Building, Field's Point Wastewater Treatment Facility
| nrhp_type =
| image = Fields Point Chemical House.jpg
| caption = 1930s HABS view of the building
| location = Field Point Sewage Treatment Facility, [[Providence, Rhode Island]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|47|40|N|71|23|26|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Rhode Island#USA
| area =
| built = 1900
| architect = [[Office of City Engineer, Providence]]
| architecture = [[Late Victorian architecture|Late Victorian]]
| added = January 13, 1989
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000756|title=Public Works and Utilities-Sewage Treatment Facilities in Providence, 1895-1935 TR}}
| refnum = 88003106<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Chemical Building''' is a historic wastewater treatment building at [[Field's Point]] Wastewater Treatment Facility in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].  Built in 1900–01, it is one of the two oldest buildings at Providence's main sewage treatment facility.  It is a 2-1/2 story brick structure measuring {{convert|103|ft|m}} by {{convert|38|ft|m}}.  The long facades are divided into 9 bays, separated by brick piers.  When originally built, the structure had a concrete first floor, a wooden second floor, and a loft area accessed by catwalks, and was used to hold and deliver chemicals used to neutralize the wastewater arriving via the [[Ernest Street Sewage Pumping Station]].  In the 1930s the plant was converted to use an active sludge process, and the interior of the building was altered to be a single large chamber.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/providence/prov_ernest-street_chemical-building-sewage-treatment-plant.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Chemical Building, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant|publisher=Rhode Island Preservation|accessdate=2014-10-09}}</ref>
[[File:ProvidenceRI FormerFieldPointChemicalBuilding.jpg|thumb|left|A more recent view]]
The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name=nris/>
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==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island]]
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Infrastructure completed in 1900]]
[[Category:Sewerage infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Sewage treatment plants in the United States]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:1900 establishments in Rhode Island]]
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