tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post6353624072176753877..comments2024-03-28T23:07:57.649-05:00Comments on Industrial History: Lost/Wabash Bridge over Illinois River at Meredosia, ILDennis DeBrulerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992361354510209661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-88127906549030259372023-01-23T12:40:26.223-06:002023-01-23T12:40:26.223-06:00Thanks for the information. I have added your comm...Thanks for the information. I have added your comments to my notes on the power plant: https://towns-and-nature.blogspot.com/2023/01/meredosia-il-19481960-2011-354mw-ameren.html<br />Gem, https://www.gem.wiki/Meredosia_power_station, did not report the 1973 unit. I wonder what its MW rating was.Dennis DeBrulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13992361354510209661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-7820774402695132522020-05-27T15:11:16.764-05:002020-05-27T15:11:16.764-05:00The Meredosia Power Plant retained the 4 older boi...The Meredosia Power Plant retained the 4 older boilers, they were trunked into the larger concrete stack in the present building. I believe this was when the white stack was added in the 1950s, which served an additional two boilers. The original 4 boilers served two turbines and the additional two added in the 1950s served a single turbine. The steel-frame expansion to the right of the white stack housed a single oil-fired boiler which served an additional turbine added in 1973 I believe. This 1973 unit is labeled as "unit 4" and the turbine had been partially dismantled in 2014 after the plant was decommissioned for the FutureGen 2.0 project. All other older turbines are currently bieng dismantled as part of the remediation and re-purposing of the plant by Commercial Development Co.Josh Sutherlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00510163545061352069noreply@blogger.com