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Alexandria's shuttered coal-fired power plant on the banks of the Potomac River is finally nearing redevelopment. Here's a rare look inside the rusting facility as it stands now, and a preview of ...
The Potomac River Generating Station, a shuttered, 71-year-old coal-fired power plant, was decommissioned in 2012. Hilco Redevelopment Partners bought the site last week for an undisclosed amount ...
The Potomac River Generating Station, a shuttered coal-fired power plant in North Old Town, has been sold to Hilco Redevelopment Partners and is slated for redevelopment in a move that city ...
Regarding the Sept. 30 Metro article "Powering down": Certainly most of Alexandria is pleased to have GenOn's Potomac River Generating Station closed. The opposition to it was significant. I have ...
Polluting Potomac River Generating Station to Close. ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, August 30, 2011 (ENS) – A polluting 62-year-old coal-fired power plant on the Potomac River in Alexandria will be ...
Edison power plant in Williamsport, Maryland, after the March 18, 1936 flood, surrounded by water from the Potomac River. The facility later became the R. Paul Smith Power Station.
By the day’s end, the buildings at Cushwa Basin were submerged, the Potomac Edison power plant had shut down, and the Potomac River at Williamsport had risen to 48.6 feet.
Edison power plant in Williamsport, Maryland, after the March 18, 1936 flood, surrounded by water from the Potomac River. The facility later became the R. Paul Smith Power Station.