THE ARCHITECTURE WHICH DEFINES OUR LANDSCAPE IS A TANGIBLE PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY. WHEN HISTORIC STRUCTURES ARE DEMOLISHED, A PART OF OURSELVES IS RELEGATED TO MEMORY AND CONDEMNED TO BE FORGOTTEN. IN THE REDISCOVERY OF OUR ABANDONED, OFF-LIMITS, OR OTHERWISE HIDDEN ENVIRONMENTS, I DOCUMENT THEIR EXISTENCE AS WELL AS OUR OWN THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ADVENTURES PRESENTED HERE
Sayreville Power Plant was constructed in 1930. It came online in October 1930 with two 30,000-kw units with a planned expansion to 180,000-kw generation. The original turbines operated at 450psi and 700°F. Its building expansion was completed in 1942, but installation of the generators and associated equipment was interrupted by the United States' entrance into WWII. This expansion eventually came and brought the plant's maximum capacity up to 100,000-kw. But by 1955, it received an expansion for an additional 125,000-kw, increasing the maximum steam pressure to over 2,000psi at 1,050°F at the cost of $25,000,000.
Details on Sayreville Power Plant in more recent years become scarce but based on the limited information I can find it seems that following WWII, this plant received not one but two additional generating unit upgrades at 125MW each, thus the plant could have been generating at least 350MW by the time it was decommissioned in the early 2000's. It is currently being demolished.
Begin Historic Photos
Sayreville Power Plant as it appeared when it first came online in 1930
End Historic Photos
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant by sublunar
Sayreville Power Plant submechanophobia by sublunar
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