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RE: (erielack) PPL Martins Creek power plant overview.. from website
Joel,
The tracks split for Martins Creek(Roxburg) and
Portland at a place called Brainards(can be spelled
with either an "a" or an "e"). There is a DCS station
here and a turnout allowing you to either cross the
Delaware River and continue up into Martins Creek
proper or take the straight side of the turnout and
proceed north along the former PRR/L&HR to the plant.
Please see the link to the turnout.
http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&q1=Brainards%2C+NJ&trf=0&lon=-75.171606&lat=40.773315&mag=1
If you scroll towards the upper right you will get to
the Roxburg power plant and eventually G Tower in
Belvedere where the L&HR and PRR split. Remember that
the track here on the NJ side was joint L&HR/PRR
between Hudson yard and G Tower.
To make this list relevant, if you scroll that make to
the upper left you will enter Martins Creek Yard which
is where the DLW(later EL) interchanged with the LNE.
You will see the big Alpha Cement plant there as well.
Chris
- --- Joel Long <joel_@_willoughbyinc.com> wrote:
> Ok. I have to play with the satellite map and see
> how the tracks get there.
> The plant is off of Martins Creek-Bel road after 611
> split. Joel
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl G. Perelman
> [mailto:carl.perelman_@_verizon.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:40 AM
> To: erielack_@_railfan.net
> Subject: (erielack) PPL Martins Creek power plant
> overview.. from website
>
>
http://www.pplweb.com/ppl+generation/coal+plants/ppl+martins+creek/
>
> The Martins Creek power plant has four generation
> units with a total
> capacity of about 1,970 megawatts.
>
> The plant is located on a 750-acre site on the
> Delaware River in Lower Mount
> Bethel Township, Northampton County, about 15 miles
> north of Easton, Pa. The
> plant has about 220 full-time employees (figure
> adjusted for seasonal
> workload).
>
> Units 1 and 2 are coal-fired, and have a generating
> capacity of 150
> megawatts each. They began commercial operation in
> 1954 and 1956,
> respectively. These units are scheduled to be shut
> down or repowered in
> September 2007.
>
> Units 3 and 4 have a generating capacity of about
> 835 megawatts each and can
> be fueled by natural gas, oil or both. The units
> were built in 1974 and
> 1976, respectively, to burn crude or No. 6 fuel oil.
> In 1996, PPL modified
> the units so they could burn natural gas as well.
>
> Martins Creek is owned and operated by a subsidiary
> of PPL Generation. PPL
> manages hiking trails upriver from the plant as part
> of the 215-acre Martins
> Creek Environmental Preserve. Martins Creek also has
> a boat launch area that
> is open to the public.
>
> Adjacent to Martins Creek is PPL's Lower Mount
> Bethel plant, a 582-megawatt
> power plant fueled by natural gas.
>
> On Aug. 4, 1999, Martins Creek achieved "Star"
> certification in the U.S.
> Occupational Safety and Health Administration's
> Voluntary Protection
> Program. The plant was recertified in December 2002.
>
> The program recognizes companies that go beyond
> compliance to protect worker
> health and safety. The VPP Star certification is the
> highest safety
> recognition given within the program
>
> (from the PPL website)
>
>
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