THE NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC COMPANY

From the 1880's through about the 1970's, a manufactured gas plant (MGP) and electric generation facility operated at the end of Merry and Tidewater streets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The Tidewater MGP used industrial processes to produce gas from coal and oil. The gas was used primarily for the same purposes that natural gas is used today (lighting, cooking, and heating). MGPs, which were common before the region's natural gas pipelines were built, often yielded by-products of the gas production process such as tars, sludges, and oils. The Tidewater electric generation facility used coal, oil, tar and other substances to produce electricity. The gas manufacturing and electric generating operations at the Tidewater facility were terminated in 1968 and 1975, respectively... We are committed to providing reliable electricity and heat, protecting the environment, and putting Rhode Island first. After all this is our home too.

Primary location: Providence United States