The problem with Googling something just after it is blown up is that the search results are dominated by the implosion. But I was able to find the gem link on the third page of the search results.
"Plant Nameplate Capacity: 399.8 MW (Megawatts) Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 1: 190.4 MW (1961), Unit 2: 209.4 MW (1963)" There were plans after its closing to convert it to natural gas. Obviously, those plans did not pan out. [gem]
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| Baltimore County Police Department posted 8 a.m. Implosion scheduled August 19th (weather permitting). Ronald Mclauphlin shared |
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| Chuck Coleman posted Coal fired plant in Baltimore Maryland C.P. Crane Oct 9, 2022: Cody Biggs: It just got imploded a few weeks ago. |
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| Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Rescue & Marine posted [Several comments indicate that the lights on the plant were a useful navigation aid.] Bob Adams shared And another one bites the dust..... [It was shutdown on 5/31/2018.] Francis Piraino: Reason for closure? Wayne Seifert: Francis Piraino 60+ years old and had cyclone boilers. Unit #1 was a universal sub-critical once through boiler B&W UP-6. Faulty design from beginning. Wayne Seifert: Joe LaDuca went into service 1960/1961. Originally coal - then oil - then back to coal. In mid to late ‘80’s burned refuse derived fuel |
Paul Trautner posted two photos with the comment: "I used to change light bulbs at the plant C.P. Crane power plant 26 years."
Bradley Bachert: Been on those a few times, the one time the elevator company wouldn’t fix the elevator due to the falcon 😂 we fought with that bird all week lol
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Skip to 1:20 for the beginning of the action.
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Skip to 4:00. Note the water streams being sprayed on the right side of the plant. Unfortunately, the water didn't touch most of the dust cloud. Was the wind blowing the wrong direction at the 8:00am scheduled detonation time? Or were they just plopped on a field so that they could claim that they did dust abatement. Evidently the competence of the dust abatement is not important.
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| Ronald Mclaughlin shared |
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| 4:17 video @ 1:34, cropped Billy Anderson shared |
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| ForsiteInc-Oct-2021 Forsite Development specializes in brownfield redevelopment. |
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| ForsiteInc-Mar 2022 |
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| PowerMag They spent $70m in 2011 to convert the plant to burn the subbituminous coal from the Powder River Basin. As part of this conversation they had to clean the plant and train the staff to keep it clean. The PRB coal is dust-prone and volatile. The conversion included a new building to house the crushing operation and modifications to the ash-handling systems. And their railcar dumper had to be modified to handle longer cars because subbituminous coal is not as dense as the bituminous coal from the northern Appalachian region. The learning curve of keeping the plant clean was steep enough that they had a few fires and hot spots. Evidently wet PBR coal can spontaneously combust. And you have to be more careful when welding something. |
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| Alex Krishchyunas commented on yet another post of the implosion Rip |
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| Ronald Mclauphlin commented on the above post, cropped |
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| Jim Fulton posted Another coal plant bits the dust. This is the Baltimore Gas & Electric C P Crane plant. Two 200 MW B&W cyclone boilers. Very sad. |
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