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Paddy's Run Power Plant
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created by Eschaton
on 4/29/2011 7:34 PM
last modified by fr00tCake
on 2/22/2023 2:38 PM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Massive unused power plant with a beautiful art deco exterior. Built in 1942 and decommissioned in 1982. This is a very difficult and potentially dangerous explore, requiring a long and arduous hike for access and enough finesse to dodge its sophisticated security. Not for the rookies or accident-prone explorer.
Demolished early 2018.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy - it's gone
Recommendation: forget it - it's an empty field at an active location
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asbestos
rust
unsafe flooring
flooding
high-tech security
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Endless mazes of pipes and asbestos, auxiliary pumping station buildings with breathtaking bottomless drops into river and darkness.
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fences
barbed wire
locked gates
welded doors
wooden boarding
cameras
Passive-Infrared Detectors, alarms
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flashlight
breathing mask
gloves
long pants / sleeves
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The Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) Paddy's Run Power Plant is a defunct power generating facility in southwestern Louisville, Kentucky, located at the confluence of Paddy's Run stream and the Ohio River. Planning for the coal-fired power plant in the Rubbertown district of the city began in the 1930s, when the majority of the 140 antiquated steam power plants that dotted the city only decades prior were being phased out.
In 1939, the LG&E board of directors ordered two 25,000 KW steam-powered electrical generators for the new plant. Just two weeks after the order was placed, however, the federal government banned all utilities from expanding with new construction, anticipating that a major war was imminent. Paddy's Run was one of the few contracts that was allowed to proceed, and construction of the facility was completed in 1942.
The additional capacity allowed LG&E to be designated a national defense utility, and spurred further industrial development at Rubbertown. A large chemical industry developed in the vicinity of the power plant, manufacturing neoprene, butadiene and other synthetic chemicals that was used in the war effort.
Paddy's Run was supplemented by the Cane Run Station three miles downtstream along the Ohio River, which was completed in 1952.
By the 1970s, the Paddy's Run power station had become antiquated, and was used primarily to meet summer peak requirements. In April 1973, in an effort to curb pollutants in what was billed as a pilot project and among the first of its type in the United States, LG&E installed a carbide lime flue gas desulfurization (FGD) on boiler number 6, which was being operated infrequently because of its low thermal efficiency. Another FGD was installed later on another boiler, and a third unit featured a dual-alkali process. The FGD system utilized carbide lime, a waste by-product from a nearby acetylene industrial plant. Based on the process of the FGD demonstration, the scrubbing system was installed at other LG&E power plants.
The LG&E Paddy's Run Power Plant was closed in 1982.
(Article by Sherman Cahal, www.abandonedonline.net*)
*link broken or dead on 2.22.2023
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The location is sitting on the site of a new active natural gas processing plant.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 2/22/2023 3:38 PM.
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on Feb 22 23 at 15:38, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Feb 22 23 at 14:39, fr00tCake added some pictures to a gallery
on Feb 22 23 at 14:39, fr00tCake created a new gallery
on Feb 22 23 at 14:38, fr00tCake changed the following: History, Status, Accessibility, Recommendation, Description, Web Links
on May 1 11 at 8:25, Opheliaism validated this location
on May 1 11 at 6:29, Eschaton updated gallery picture spot the bubble cam.jpg
on May 1 11 at 6:27, Eschaton added some pictures to a gallery
on May 1 11 at 6:25, Eschaton added some pictures to a gallery
on May 1 11 at 6:24, Eschaton updated gallery Various shots
on May 1 11 at 6:21, Eschaton created a new gallery
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