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Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company is a historic former
. accessed 12.28.2014 Built by the
In 2016, the machine shop was converted into a 16,500 square foot indoor training facility and offices for the
coal-fired power station
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide, there are about 8,500 coal-fired power stations totaling over 2,000 gigawatts Nameplate capacity, capacity. They ...
, located on the Delaware River
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in Chester
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, Delaware County, southeastern Pennsylvania
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.HAER: Chester Station Report. accessed 12.28.2014 Built by the
Philadelphia Electric Company
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, it is currently owned by the PECO Energy Company of the Exelon Corporation
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. The complex has been converted into an office building.
Architecture
The original section of the Station building was built in 1916, and consists of the Boiler House with attached Coal Towers and Turbine Hall, and the Switch House. The complex was designed by architect John T. Windrim and engineer William C.L. Eglin, and featured then recent advances in generating technology and industrial construction. The principal facades were designed in theBeaux-Arts style
Beaux-Arts architecture ( , ) was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporat ...
.
The Turbine Hall Annex addition was built in 1939-1942.
Also located on the property is the two-story, red brick Machine Shop building. It was also built by the Philadelphia Electric Company. ''Note:'' This includes
History
The complex was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2007.
The Chester Waterside Station was documented by the federal HAER−Historic American Engineering Record, with extensive exterior and interior photography by renowned architectural photographer Jack Boucher
Jack E. Boucher (September 4, 1931 – September 2, 2012) was an American photographer for the National Park Service for more than 40 years beginning in 1958. He served as the Chief Photographer for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS ...
in 1997 and 1998; architectural drawings; and a detailed descriptive report of the facility design and history, and its contemporary industrial history contexts.
In 2016, the machine shop was converted into a 16,500 square foot indoor training facility and offices for the Philadelphia Union
The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Union compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the club began playing in 201 ...
Major League Soccer
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club.
See also
* HAER−Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania *List of power stations in Pennsylvania
In 2019, Pennsylvania had a total summer capacity of 47,812 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 228,995 GWh. The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 42.9% natural gas, 36.3% nuclear, 16.5% coal, 1 ...
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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* Power plants in Pennsylvania
References
External links
* {{Clear Coal-fired power stations in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Chester, Pennsylvania Delaware River Exelon Energy infrastructure completed in 1916 Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Philadelphia Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania Energy infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania