Almost at the end of the 19th century, the town council decided to find an area for the construction of a power plant for the city of Sorrento. The need for electricity was increasing hand in hand with the development of tourism and, consequently, within a few years, the first plant had been built and tested. The structure consisted of the actual power plant as well as a large adjacent building that housed the staff in charge and the offices. On the outside a furnace was built with an imposing 30 metres high chimney that can still be seen today. The aim of this plant was to illuminate the entire city, so streetlamps were installed along the main roads.
The water needed to operate the plant’s machinery came from the Neffola spring. This spring came from Capodimonte and was torrential in nature, so tanks were built to store the water during the summer months.
Nowadays it is a centre for the elderly.
