Toronto, OH: Power Plant

(Satellite)

Charlie Mason posted
The long gone Toronto Ohio Plant from the New Cumberland Locks and Dam. (Ohio River) mid 80’s
Don Conner: Toronto was one of the first pulverized coal power plants in the US. On the first 3 units coal was pulverized and then was stored in the bunkers. Feeders then took it to the Primary Air Fans where it was blown into the boilers. Cold morning light offs were always exciting. Explosion doors were usually blown open. Operators made sure that they were behind the control boards when lighting off.
Jayce Payne: This picture was taken from the W.H. Sammis plant! Sammis is the reason I became a power plant operator. As a little kid, we would drive by it on our way to Steubenville. It was a lot to take in, the towering stacks, the coal pile, the sheer size of the plant. I had the privilege to intern there for 8 weeks. I was like a little kid in a candy store! I knew from an early age what I wanted to spend my life doing, making POWER!
Summer Wes Claxon: Good to see coal moving again! I’m at the Amos plant looking at the biggest coal pile ever. [I missed the two in the middle of  the photo until I read this comment. I think Summer missed the fact that the photo was taken in the 1980s instead of the 2020s.]

1 of many interior photos in AbandonedOnline

"The Toronto Power Plant was constructed by Ohio Edison and consisted of four generating units that were put into operation between 1925 and 1928. [1] Three additional units were constructed in the 1940s, which resulted in the construction of a 650-foot smokestack. [1 2]

"The four original units were taken out of service in 1970, and the remaining units were converted to burn tire pellets in an experiment in the 1990s. [1] The test proved to not be cost-efficient and the last three generating units were deactivated in 1993.

"The smokestack of the Toronto Power Plant was imploded on November 1, 2008, [1 2] with demolition progressing on the remainder of the facility into 2009.

"1: Giannamore, Paul. “Toronto Edison demolition set.” Herald-Star (Steubenville) 28 Oct. 2008. 30 Oct. 2008 Article.

"2: “Powerful demolition.” Herald-Star (Steubenville) 4 Nov. 2008. 4 Nov. 2008 Article."

wvhistoryonview has a photo of the plant that shows nine smokestacks. But all of the sources I read indicated that it had only seven units.

It appears the brownland has been repurposed by a distributor of a liquid. In addition to the two big tanks, there are several tanker trucks parked there.  Are they handling liquid fertilizer? I zoomed way out on a satellite image, and the area looks too hilly for significant agriculture use.

Satellite

According to Google Earth, the tanks were being constructed in Aug 2015, and the switchyard that is just south of the tanks was built since May 2012. 

I count 8 small stacks and one huge one.

Google Earth, Aug 2007

(To be researched: the Killen Generation Station in Adams County opened in 1982 and closed in May 2018. The plant collapsed when it was being prepared for demolition.)