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Hardy Hydroelectric Plant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Powerhouse from downstream
Location:	Big Prairie Township, Newaygo County, Michigan
Nearest city:	Newaygo, Michigan
Built/Founded:	1931 ish
Architect:	Burd, Edward M.
Architectural style(s):	Earthen, concrete spillway, buildings: Mission/Spanish Revival
Added to NRHP:	1997
NRHP Reference#:	97001479 ^[1]
Governing body:	Private: Consumers Energy

Hardy Dam (or Hardy Hydroelectric Plant) is a dam and powerplant complex on the Muskegon River in Big Prairie Township, Newaygo County, Michigan. It was built in 1931 ISH.

1 Historical marker text
2 References
3 External links
4 See also

[edit] Historical marker text

Historical Marker at the site

Constructed form1929 to 1931, on a site once known as the Oxbow, the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant was built by Consumers Power Company. The plant was named for George Hardy, a partner in the firm that financed Consumers' projects from 1911 through 1928. The complex includes a Spanish Colonial Revival-style powerhouse and intake tower, an oil house, and a dormitory. It originally included four operator's houses on the eastern bank of the pond, which were Sears-Roebuck kit homes. Due to advancements in fossil fuel steam generating plants, this was the last conventional hydroelectric plant built by Consumers. The Hardy plant in listed in the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

The Croton Hydroelectric Plant was listed with the Michigan State Register and was awarded a Michigan Historical Marker (site L2144). The marker was replaced with a new one in 2005.^[2]