Property Record
N 490 STATE ROAD 42
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | KEWAUNEE POWER STATION |
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| Other Name: | KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT |
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| Reference Number: | 26263 |
| Location (Address): | N 490 STATE ROAD 42 |
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| County: | Kewaunee |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Carlton |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 22 |
| Range: | 24 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 36 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1974 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19752018 |
| Historic Use: | public utility/power plant/sewage/water |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Concrete |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A MAP survey conducted a resurvey of this resource on July 16, 2018 as part of a history/architecture survey of STH 42 (WisDOT ID # 1470-25-00). This power plant was constructed beginning in 1968 and was completed and put into commission in 1974. The plant was subsequently decommissioned in 2013 and is now in the process of a decades-long demolition. As of 2018, the fuel rods have been removed as has much of the original machinery. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |