Louisville, KY: Louisville Gas and Electric Waterside Station

(Satellite, the land has been reused.)

Richard Sattich posted
Aerial view of River Road and downtown Louisville, Kentucky, 1956. ... An aerial view of River Rd. and downtown Louisville. The Ohio River is on the left and the U.S. Coast Guard Lifesaving Station can be seen. Cars are parked along the wharf. The Louisville Gas & Electric waterside station can be seen, along with its six smokestacks. Additional buildings downtown are in view.
Maison Young shared

louisville
Waterside Station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1951.
View facing southwest of the Louisville Gas & Electric Waterside station which was located between 2nd and 3rd Streets at the edge of the Ohio River. The image appears to have been shot from the train tracks and shows the coal storage yard. Five smokestacks rise from the building. Train cars hauling coal stand on the tracks.
[Note the crane on the other siding. I think the tracks along the right side were used by Big Four and C&O and maybe B&O.]

louisville [Sep 3, 1929]
Construction to boiler capacity at Waterside Station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
An interior view of construction inside the LG&E Waterside Station performing construction to increase the boiler capacity. Handwriting on the negative reads "Louisville Gas & Electric Co. / Construction Dept. / Eng. Contract No. 2988 / Addition to Boiler Capacity / Waterside Sta. / Sept - 3 - 1929 / View From South End / Neg - No. 104231."

[Whoops, I forgot to record the link. I remember that the date was in Aug 1929. This is part of the construction described in the caption below.]

louisville [Oct 29, 1929]
Boiler addition, interior view, Louisville Gas & Electric Co. Waterside Station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929
An interior view of a boiler addition under construction at the LG&E Waterside Station. Handwritten on negative: "No-29 / Louisville Gas & Electric Co. Construction Dept. Eng Contract No 2988 / Waterside Sta. / Addition To Boiler Capacity. / Oct-29-1929 / Interior From South End / Neg-No-106053".

 

The date is Dec 29, 1937 so it looks like they recovered from the flood of 1937.

louisville [Dec 29, 1937]
Waterside station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1937.
View facing southwest of the Louisville Gas & Electric Waterside station which was located between 2nd and 3rd Streets at the edge of the Ohio River. The image appears to have been shot from the train tracks. Five smokestacks rise from the building. Train cars hauling coal stand on the tracks. Photograph provides a side view of the Gateway to the South sign atop the LG&E building.

The flood happened at the beginning of the year.

louisville [Feb 16, 2937]
Reconstruction after flood, Louisville, Kentucky, 1937.
Men at the Beargrass Compressor station work to repair equipment after the 1937 flood.

Indeed, the station got wet in 1937.

louisville [Feb 13, 1937]
Flooding at Louisville Gas & Electric Waterside station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1937.
Flooding at the Louisville Gas & Electric waterside station building, located between 2nd and 3rd Streets at the edge of the Ohio River in Louisville, Ky. The building has four large smokestacks that are visible to the left. To the right is a large sign that reads "Gateway to the South Louisville Gas & Electric Co." In the foreground are railroad tracks and two railroad cars. Flood waters surround the area.