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Key West Steam Plant / Condominiums
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Key West Steam Plant / Condominiums
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Dormant powerplant, with smokestacks and oil tanks, painted pink, er, salmon. Adjacent to Keys Energy building that is staffed 24 hours.
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Type: Building
Status: Active
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: forget it
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Address
Caroline and Grinnell Streets at Trumbo Road
Key West, Florida
United States
Owner: Location 3 Real Estate
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Mildly art-deco features and lights on the front of the building. And the whole building is painted pink, er, salmon. It's now condos.
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a thumbnail history from article (linked below) in Key West Citizen: When city officials first began planning for the steam plant in May 1950, there were arguments on what generators to use, where to put the plant, who to hire and how to finance the plant. The utility board, which overseas the public electric utility that powers the Lower Keys, initially went before the city commission, requesting they borrow $2 million in bonds. The cost rose to $3 million by the time the project broke ground June 28, 1951. ... While the plant was still being planned in January 1951, power shortages loomed and City Electric officials had to borrow power from the Navy. "Breaking all records, the load at the City Electric System plant Saturday night was 7,530 kilowatts at 7 p.m.," The Key West Citizen reported Feb. 4, 1951. ... The plant opened in December 1952, sending soot as far as Caroline and Simonton streets. Employees worked around the clock providing power to a growing post-World War II Keys. The plant vibrated and rattled as the generators pumped thousands of kilowatts a day. ... The plant grew from two generators to five, as the population in the Keys increased and more people wanted luxuries such as air conditioning. The plant would remain operational until May 1987, when City Electric connected to the main grid and saved ratepayers an estimated $3.9 million, reports state. In May 1991, the plant was decommissioned.
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on Dec 24 16 at 18:21, Emperor Wang validated this location on Dec 24 16 at 18:20, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name on Jul 16 09 at 4:52, Emperor Wang validated this location on Jul 15 09 at 22:56, thoughtcriminal changed the following: Media Coverage on Jun 7 09 at 4:43, Emperor Wang validated this location on Jun 6 09 at 15:59, Jvelmar changed the following: Display Name, Owner, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Status, Hazards, Security Measures on Jul 25 08 at 7:06, Steed validated this location on Sep 28 07 at 1:29, thoughtcriminal changed the following: Interesting Features, Recommendation, Security Measures, Future Plans, Description, Web Links on Sep 28 07 at 1:20, thoughtcriminal made this location public on Sep 19 07 at 1:09, thoughtcriminal added some pictures to a gallery
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