Power plant took a century to build; will come down in months.
It is by size and location the most iconic structure on Cleveland’s east side and soon it will be no more, FirstEnergy’s Lake Shore Power Plant.
Crews are in the process of beginning demolition on the property that pre-dates the very Shoreway that brings thousand of travellers a day past its doors.
They’re ripping through the mountains of steel that once fed the coal to create the electricity that fueled the city.
The plant first opened in 1911 to meet the growing city’s growing need for electricity, expanding over the next century to occupy much of the 60-acre site off of East 72nd Street.
