Maysville, KY: 1.6 gw Spurlock Power Plant and Amtrak/C&O Depot

Power: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

 

Street View, Aug 2016

[gem]

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Unit 1	operating	coal: bituminous	357.6	subcritical	1977
Unit 2	operating	coal: bituminous	592.1	subcritical	1981
Unit 3	operating	coal: bituminous	329.4	subcritical	2005
Unit 4	operating	coal: bituminous	329.4	subcritical	2009

1.6gw and it is used for base load. [power-technology]

It gets its coal from barges instead of railroad.

Aaron Orr posted
Anyone ever work here  or know the plant. ekp spurlock...

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Amtrak/C&O Depot

It is nice seeing Amtrak using the town's railroad station.

Street View, Apr 2018

Emma Gallo, Feb 2021

Jordan F. Klink posted
Four decades ago, the Chessie Steam Special roamed their system behind ex- Reading 4-8-4 #2101. Here is the Special in its second season passing the classic C&O Colonial-style station at Maysville, KY on a trip out of Cincinnati.
Cox Jordan shared
Jim Kelling shared
Maysville Kentucky (C&O/Amtrak station)

This topo map accurately marks the location of the depot, but it did not label it.

1952/53 Maysville West Quad @ 24,000