"Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 6: 488.0 MW (1978)" [gem]
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| Jack Tanner Towing shared John Karl's post Since we have to say goodbye to our power station that has been a great asset to Havana and surrounding areas. This a photo from around 1949 before any of the additions were added. Steve Haare: Those three units were designed by Combustion Engineer. "CE" designed more coal fired boilers in the US than any other company. They (then named Alstom) built their last three coal boilers in the US about 10 years ago and I was lucky enough to help commission one of those in Texas. 90% of the coal carried by the CI&M railroad and barged up river by the Coal Docks was used in "CE" units. It's sad to see the entire industry going away. Jan Henderson: what is going to happen to the land it is on? Hugh McHarry: Vistra is lobbying for huge state subsidies to put battery storage there. Several solar companies are contacting area landowners about installing panels, including adjoining the power plant. There is an enormous ash pond that some radical environmentalist groups targets Havana and Duck Creek over. Eventually, there may be projects to deal with the ash. The pond is lined but the radical environmentalists claim that the lining will eventually fail and heavy metals will seep into the River, which many communities use for drinking water. Basically, a huge shuttered coal fired power plant is more of a liability than and asset. Vistra isn't dumb. I'm guessing they'll find some way to dump it, after junking out as much as is profitable. Steve Haare: Power plants are full of asbestos, lead paint and worse that the owners can't just open it up to the public . Unless someone forces them to clean it all up, they will probably just keep the fences up and lock the gates. I'm not sure what they will have to do about the Ash Pond. Patty Noble Gilbreath: Does anyone know when exactly the plant began being built, and when it became operational? Pat Schad: Patty Noble Gilbreath Original plant was 47. The new unit was 78. 31 yrs after the original unit and 41 yrs from now. |
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| Jack Turner posted Something you don't see often at all here on the Illinois River!! An ocean tug (M/V Miss Katie) pulling 2 barges while a inland tug (M/V Stephen L) is pushing! 4 giant boiler like objects. Each one seem to be around 35 ft tall and over 100 ft long!! Just another interesting day in Havana!! [This is one of thirteen photos of the tow. Rob Smith explains that these 4 pieces were unloaded at the Exxon Refinery at Channahon.] |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted, cropped A little tow work Sunday. |
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| One of 50 photos of and from the smokestack posted by Jack Tanner Towing, cropped |
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| safe_image for Closed Havana Power Plant and out of service tracks David Jordan: By design, EPA regulations and lawsuits are the primary reasons for power plant closings. Has much less to do with economics than some would like to believe. Out of necessity, coal will make a comeback someday. |
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| Michael Hertter posted, cropped Havana il [The US-126 Lucas Bridge is in the foreground.] |
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| Dave Fillman commented on Michael's post |
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