During the 1960s, this plant had six units with a total capacity over 300mw. Then it shutdown the first four units in 1972 because of the Clean Air Act and the capacity went down to 110mw. The final two units were shutdown in 2012. But all of the units are still in the building.
"Rivesville in north central WV. Went online in 1919 with saturated steam boilers. Eventually added 4 superheat steam boilers from 1937-1951. I retired in 2006: the plant was closed by Obama in 2012." [Comment by Bruce Douglas on a post]
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| Doug Hartman posted An old B&W promo? [9298hp is almost 7mw. A comment shows that this image was in a 1931 edition of B&W's steam book.] |
Ron Franko posted four photos with the comment:
Rivesville Power StationFairmont, WVTook these drone pictures few years ago.
Dylan Wheatley: Gonna be history soon [as of Oct 2023], went up for bid not long ago for demo
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| Alex Krshchyunas commented on Ron's post Love this place |
Justin Nutter posted six photos with the comment: "Rivesville In fairmont wv,"
Andrew Carroll: Justin Nutter is that the one that was the first CFB boiler ever made in the US? I used to work at the Grant Town Power Plant…
Justin Nutter: Andrew Carroll I’m not shore I saw the others in the basement they was very small and really neat history
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| Dave Fillman posted Light rays from an upper window shine into a now quiet turbine hall where century old generating machines rest peacefully. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Dave's post https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4... |
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| Comments on Dave's post GEM EcoWatch |
Dennis DeBruler
This photo, in conjunction with Dave's photo, implies the first four units had the same design.
The caption on this photo was evidently written in the late 1950s and indicates the plant's capacity was "in excess" of 300mw.
Since units 5 & 6 produced 110mw, that means the old units produced at least (300-110)/4 = 47.5mw.
Does it make sense that a 1919 unit would produce more than the 35mw 1943 Unit 5?
Dave Fillman: Dennis DeBruler units 1&2 are the same, unit 3 is probably mid 20s, much larger than 1 and 2 and then unit 4 is a non condensing HP turbine that ran compound with unit 3.
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Before the pollution control stuff was added and probably before units 5 and 6 were added.
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| EcoWatch This is one of three plants that was scheduled to be retired by Sep 1, 2012. |
A photo of the plant when it still had all of its coal handling equipment Obviously, it could receive coal by barge. The description indicates the "total capability is in excess of" 300mw.
Because of the barge unloading equipment, I checked the waterway capability this far up into the mountains along the Monongahela River. The Opekiska Lock and Dam is the last of nine that implement a 9' channel with 600' x 110' locks past this plant to Fairmont, WV.
The plant had near and far coal storage piles. I'm used to seeing bigger piles. But I'm also used to looking at bigger megawatt plants.
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| Global Earth, Dec 2003 |
They are letting the piles shrink as they approach Sep 2012 shutdown.
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| Global Earth, Oct 2011 |
And the piles are gone by the next available image.
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| Global Earth, Sep 2013 |
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| 1 of 6 images posted by Chris Hall I've been working with alternative processes in photography and printmaking for the past year now and recently did a series of turbine unit cyanotype prints I thought I would share! Bruce White: The one picture looks like unit 3 at Rivesville. Chris Hall: Bruce White it is! |
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| I'm guessing that the second image was Rivesville. |
Ron Franko posted two photos with the comment: "Rivesville Power Station retired September 1, 2012. Drone pictures and video I took in 2020. https://youtu.be/L2mHfjco0Mg"
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(This 3:42 YouTube drone video 35mw (1943) and 75mw (1951) (source)
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