Having supplied electricity for almost 100 years, India’s oldest coal fired power plant faces demolition.
Indiana’s oldest coal fired power plant has a date with the wrecking ball. The Edwardsport Power Plant first went on line in 1918 producing power that ran trains between cities and towns.
Duke Energy says it now plans to bring the plant down.
While one generating station may be closing, coal based energy will be coming out of the small community for decades to come.
For more than 90 years the power plant at Edwardsport has been the biggest thing on the horizon in northern Knox County.
The plant was built there to convert an abundance of coal into electricity.
“The coal generation electricity goes back and pre-dates the light bulb use for most people I guess,” said Knox County Development Corporation Director Gary Gentry.
It was the light bulb though and coal that kept the plant humming for almost a century.
Over the years the power plant has had different owners and was upgraded but it finally reached the point where it was no longer feasible to keep it operating.
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Demolition for Old Power Plant: wthitv.com
