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Description: OPENED IN 1920 AS A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT, THE DELAWARE GENERATING STATION OPERATED UNTIL 2004. IT STANDS ON THE SITE OF A FORMER SHIPYARD WHERE THE FIRST U.S. DESTROYER, THE BAINBRIDGE, WAS BUILT AND ALSO THE FIRST SUBMARINE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. IT IS NOW PLANNED TO BE A HOTEL COMPLEX
Title: DELAWARE STATION OF THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY, NE PHILADELPHIA, PA
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Author: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D.
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