Consolidated Edison – Arthur Kill Powerhouse – Staten Island

Consolidated Edison – Arthur Kill Powerhouse (sold in 1999) – Staten Island The Arthur Kill Generating Station is located on Staten Island, Richmond, New York. It is an 878-megawat operating gas-fired power station, that was commissioned in September 1959, and it is a Steam Turbine Power plant. The original Arthur Kill Generating Station dates back […]

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American Optical

American Optical Operating Plant – Buffalo NY In 1935, The American Optical Company purchased Spencer Lens Company, located on Eggert Rd. in Buffalo, NY. By 1938, the plant began manufacturing ophthalmic instruments. In 1945, the Spencer Lens Company changed its name to American Optical Scientific Instrument Division and in 1950, their plant was expanded to […]

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A.P. Green Industries

A.P. Green Industries initially opened in the 1910s and produced warship boilers used in World War I and World War II.  Even though A.P. Green Industries knew of the dangers of asbestos they used this dangerous mineral in its products through 1973.  Many of their refractory products remain in aging machinery today and continue to […]

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Orange and Rockland Utilities Lovett Power Plant Asbestos Exposure

Orange and Rockland Utilities began as Rockland Light & Power Co. in Nyack, NY in 1899. In 1958 they merged with Orange and Rockland Electric Company and became known as Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., with their subsidiary, Rockland Electric Company, they are wholly known as Consolidated Edison, Inc. (since 1999). Today they provide electric […]

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