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The original New York City Subway line was built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and opened in 1904.  The 59th Street Powerhouse, better known as the IRT Powerhouse, stretches from 58th and 59th Streets, and Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues, taking up an entire city block in Manhattan. At the time it was built, […]

The Ravenswood Generating Station is a 1,480 megawatt powerplant in Long Island City, in Queens, New York along the East River.  It was originally built and owned by Consolidated Edison in 1963.  Con Edison in 1962 had plans on building a 1,000-megawatt nuclear plant at the Ravenswood site, but the it was so strongly opposed […]

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 […]

Astoria Powerhouse (sold in August, 1999) – Astoria, NY – Astoria Generating Station is a 1,090-megawatt natural gas and fuel oil power plant located in Astoria, a in the borough of Queens, New York City.  The Astoria Generating Station origin dates back to the 1950’s when it first began providing power to a growing population […]

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 […]

1 Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201-1207 Hudson Avenue Station is a repurposed Consolidated Edison power plant in Brooklyn, New York.  On July 18, 2023, it was announced that Con Edison, operating with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, has applied to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for closure of the Hudson Avenue […]

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 […]

In 1909, the Transit Development Company, a New York City entity that provided the power necessary to operate the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (later known as the BMT subway), completed a new powerhouse at in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn at 500 Kent Avenue, and bordering Division Avenue, on the Wallabout Channel.  It later came […]

Asbestos Exposure at Bethlehem Steel Company – Staten Island Founded in 1895 and located on the north shore of Staten Island, Bethlehem Steel Company originally constructed wooden vessels under the name of The Burlee Drydock Company. In 1916 the yard began to construct steel ships. The shipyard was purchased and renamed by Bethlehem Steel Company […]

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 […]

New York Shipbuilding Corporation Asbestos Exposure New York Shipbuilding Corporation was established in 1899 by Henry Morse. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, also called “New York Ship,” was supposed to be in New York City. However, due to a failed real estate deal, New York Shipbuilding was based in Camden, New Jersey. It spanned 160 acres […]

Coastal Dry Dock and Repair Company, New York The Coastal Dry Dock and Repair Company was the primary tenant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Brooklyn Navy Yard was an industrial construction site for commercial vessels. Coastal Dry Dock and Repair Company had between 600 to 1000 workers at any given time, reliant on how […]