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New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Power Station

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 45 Water Grant St., Yonkers
  • When was it listed? February 2021
  • Category. building
  • City. Yonkers city
  • National Register reference number. 100006146 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1891 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Power Station, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Power Station, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

709 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 709 fires within 5 miles of New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Power Station between 2000 and 2020, burning about 467 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 50 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined486
Arson/incendiarism50
Recreation and ceremony49
Smoking46
Natural41
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Power Station: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, REE, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
Bergenfield PlantREEPast Producer
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer
Hickory Lane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1890
Taverniere & JohnsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897, 1908

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this property

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yonkers, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1997LightningYonkers2 hurtno account filed
July 1996LightningYonkers1 hurtA cluster of thunderstorms over Westchester County produced lightning which struck a woman around 8 am EST in Yonkers, causing her minor injury.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindYonkers1 hurtno account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindYonkers$7,500Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in Yonkers.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindYonkers$3,000Wires were reported down throughout Yonkers.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindYonkers$2,000Multiple trees and wires reported down by Skywarn Coordinator across the town of Yonkers.
September 2023Flash FloodYonkers-Bronx River Parkway closed at Cross County Parkway due to flooding. All lanes closed.
September 2023Flash FloodYonkers-Bronx River Parkway closed at Cross County Parkway due to flooding. All lanes closed.
December 2018Flash FloodYonkers-The Bronx River Parkway was closed in both directions between the Sprain Brook Parkway and Exit 21 (Main Street) in White Plains due to flooding.
August 2017HailYonkers-Nickel sized hail was reported in Yonkers by a trained spotter.
August 2009Funnel CloudYonkers-Two funnel clouds were reported over Scarsdale.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindYonkers-Tree down at N. Broadway at Odell Ave.
October 2006Flash FloodYonkers-Heavy rain produced flash flooding along portions of the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers, where the road was closed.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindYonkers-Trees and power lines downed in Yonkers. Penny size hail was also reported in New Rochelle from the same thunderstorm that hit Yonkers.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindYonkers-Numerous trees and power lines downed.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindYonkers-A spotter reported several power lines down from this storm. Local newspapers reported that numerous trees and large tree limbs were knocked down which resulted in the loss of power for 20,000 residents and damage to Bronxville's Village Hall and school.
May 1994HailYonkers-Isolated thunderstorms developed in a moderately unstable airmass during the afternoon hours. Dime-size hail was observed in Yonkers while numerous reports were received of hail in the range between 1/4 and 1/2 inch.
June 2011HailYonkers-no account filed
April 2007Flash FloodYonkers-no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodYonkers-no account filed
August 2001FloodYonkers-no account filed
July 2000Heavy RainYonkers-no account filed
January 1998Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed
August 1997HailYonkers-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed
October 1995Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100006146 in Record Group 79.
Westchester CountyAll 250 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.