(
3D Satellite, the tank farm occupies the former coal storage pile area)
The power plant was converted from coal to fuel oil and natural gas. Once converted, the land for the coal pile storage became obsolete. So they repurposed it into a tank farm. In fact the tank farm probably helped supply the power plant. The power plant is now closed, but the tank farm lives on as a ship refueling facility. It can accommodate the footers (Great Lakes ships over 1000' long).
Andrew Dean Detroit
posted five photos with the comment:
James R. Barker fueling up at the Mistersky Dock.
Detroit, Michigan
8/14/2021
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Forrest Erkkila: If the boat is low on fuel how long does it take to fill it up?
Andrew Dean Detroit: Forrest Erkkila maybe around 5-8 hours, at times I’ve seen tug barges come around and help fuel them as well. |
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Detroit Public Library
View of the Mistersky Power Plant located at W. Jefferson Avenue and Junction. Sign in front of building reads: "Capital Improvement Program. The City of Detroit. The Mayor and Common Council." Stamped on back: "Detroit City Plan Commission. Photograph by Harold Raymond." Handwritten on back: "Mistersky Power Plant addition. W. Jefferson & Junction." |
This table would be as of the time it closed because it started with coal. 189mw
| Power | Type | Status | Fuel |
| 35 MW | Burner: Turbine | Closed | Oil |
| 44 MW | | Closed | Natural Gas |
| 50 MW | | Closed | Natural Gas |
| 60 MW | | Closed | Natural Gas
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"In 1927, all electrical generation was transferred to the Mistersky Power Station on West Jefferson Avenue, which had a capacity of 60,000 kilowatts. Through period expansion, the electrical generating capacity of the Mistersky Power Station was increased to 184,000 kilowatts by 1979. A power interchange line of 80,000 kilowatts capacity connects Mistersky to the Detroit Edison Company." [
rpwrhs, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks (CC BY-NC-ND)]
I wonder what the gizmo on the left side of this view did.
It must have operated until at least 2010 because I see gasses coming out of one of the older smokestacks. In fact, this has to be one of the last photos taken while the plant was operating because it was decommissioned in 2010. [
ScenarioJournal]
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Photo published by Diane Bukowski on Oct 28, 2010, via VoiceOfDetroit
Mistersky Power Station photographed from across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. This is the public lighting department power plant for Detroit.
"Photographed on Kodak Ektar 100 film using a NIkon F5 and a NIkkor 80-400mm VR lens."
This photo is also in DetroitArchitectJournal |
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Rick Flickr, 2016
This is the Mistersky Power Plant in Detroit. It was formerly the power station for the public lighting system.
Photographed using a Sony A7R with a Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5 lens. |
This power plant appears to be a subject that Rick likes to take.
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Rick Flickr, 2012
The old Mistersky power plant is along the Detroit River.
Photographed using a Nikon F5 with the Nikkor 18-300mm VR lens on Kodak Ektar 100 film. |
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The question of when they converted from coal to oil motivated me to try again to learn the
USGS EarthExplorer to get historical aerial photos because
HistoricAerials is now copyrighted. I had better luck this time. We can see that it was still using coal in 1966.
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1966 @ 24,000
I had to rotate it 180 degrees because they don't always have North at the top. |
By1973, the east side had been converted to tanks, but they still had coal piled on the west side.
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| 1973 @ 24,000 |
I include an available 1951 shot because it shows that the emissions from the smokestack can be really black before regulations required air scrubbers.
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| 1951 @ 23,600 |
I've passed up a lot of photos of freighters being refueled at this dock. But I note these photos because it is unusual to see all of the tug. Normally, they are connected to their barge. For photos of a pair in action, checkout
Laura L. Van EnKevort captured on
her first visit to the Twin Ports. And here is
a 0:31 video of
Clyde S VanEnkefort pairing up with its barge.
Andrew Dean Detroit
posted two photos with the comment:
Clyde S. Vanenkevort grabbing fuel at Mistersky, a rare treat to see this Tug out of its Barge.4/7/2022
Detroit, Mi
VanEnkevort Tug & Barge Inc
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