Consolidated Edison 39th Street Powerhouse (Waterside Generating Station, First Avenue at East 39th Street) – Manhattan The 39th Street Power House, better known as the Waterside Generating Station, opened in 1901 and was one of the first power plants to use steam turbines to generate electricity. It was located between East 38th and 40th streets […]
The Sherman Creek Generating Station was a coal-fired power plant built in 1913 that was located on a two-acre site bordering 201st Street to the north, the Harlem River to the East, and Sherman Creek to the South. The six-million-dollar facility went online on January 31, 1914, and provided power to the residents of New […]
Manhattan (801 E. 14th Street, New York, NY 10009) The Con Edison 14th Street Powerhouse is a Natural Gas Fired combustion Turbine and Natural Gas Steam Turbine. Its primary fuel is natural gas, and its secondary fuel is kerosene. It takes up more than three entire square blocks, from Avenue C to the river, and […]
The 74th Street Power Station was designed by George H. Pegram, and was initially a coal-powered plant. It was constructed by The Manhattan Elevated Railway Company in 1899 to supply electricity to the many elevated trains in New York City, including the Long Island Railroad, the Metro-North Railroad in addition to the subway system, and […]