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

Power: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight House: (Satellite)

 

Street View, Aug 2016

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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

Dale Proctor posted
C&O/Amtrak depot at Maysville KY, 11/22/85. The matching C&O MOW building is partially visible on the far left.

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

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Freight House

Dale Proctor posted
Edited: C&O freight building, Maysville KY, 11/22/85.

T.J. Mahan: C&O freight depot, you can see the brick passenger depot in the distance.

Actually, the depot is behind the brick building that is predominant in the left background. A comment on Dale's June 2025 post says it is a mow building and that it has been moved to the other side of town. That move must have been recent because this Nov 2024 street view shows it in the original position.

Street View, Nov 2024

I had to haul out the big gun, an historical aerial photo, to find the freight house.

Jun 1, 1950 @ 23,600; AR1KV0000040021