Palo Seco is a
barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...
in the municipality of
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Toa Baja (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northern coast, north of Toa Alta and Bayamón; east of Dorado; and west of Cataño. Toa Baja is spread over five barrios, including Toa Baja Pueblo (the downtown area and ...
. Its population in 2010 was 288.
Palo Seco power plant
One of the main power plants supplying power to Puerto Rico is the
fuel oil
Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil, marine fuel oil (MFO), bun ...
power plant located near Palo Seco, Toa Baja.
Before
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two ...
and
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria was a deadly Saffir–Simpson scale#Category 5, Category 5 Tropical cyclone, hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the wo ...
struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, the Palo Seco plant was slated to close.
Gallery
Carretera PR-870, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-870 in Palo Seco
Old sunken ship off the coast of Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.jpg, Sunken ship off the coast of Palo Seco
Staff Deligation Tours Palo Seco Power Plant, Puerto Rico.jpg, At the Palo Seco Power Plant after 2 hurricanes struck Puerto Rico in 2017
See also
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List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ...
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List of barrios and sectors of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Toa Baja is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, (and means ''wards'' or ''boroughs'' or ''neighborhoods'' in En ...
References
Barrios of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
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