Salvaged Port Richmond Power Station Antique Iron Electric Sign Philadelphia Pa

Description

Original Cast Iron Raised Lettered Philadelphia Electric Company Banner from the Steam Powered Port Richmond Power Station. C1920
107" X 5" 95lbs
Professionally Removed in the late 1980's
Being Offered as a Pick Up Only Listing in Longmeadow Massachusetts
We are located 5 miles from Six Flags New England, Basketball Hall of Fame, The Historic Springfield Armory, Recreational Cannabis Dispensary and the MGM Casino
You may leave your purchase indefinitely. Pick up on your next Brimfield Excursion, 25 miles away
"Owned and operated by Philadelphia Electric Company, the Port Richmond power generation station was built from 1919 to 1925. Designed by architect John T. Windrim and engineer W.C.L. Eglin, the electrical generation plant was placed into service in 1925 and the station’s Neoclassical Revival design was used by the company to reflect permanence, stability, and responsibility
As designed, the station was to contain three distinct generating components; each component was to consist of a boiler house to produce steam, a turbine hall, and a switch gear building to control power distribution. At its peak, the Port Richmond station’s four huge steam turbines had a capacity of 600 megawatts.
The station’s interior is defined by massive open spaces and the Turbine Hall was one of the largest open rooms ever designed, modeled after the ancient Roman baths and illuminated with curved skylights along the cruciform ceiling 130 feet above the floor
The station was a technological marvel, housing the world’s largest Westinghouse turbo-generator added in 1935 to supply current to the newly completed electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York to Washington. It was powered by two pulverized coal-fired boilers that gave it an effective rating of 135 MW. After World War II, it was overhauled and two new stoker-type boilers were added."
David Goran (Abandoned Space)