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1st New York Steam Plant

New York, New York

Description

New York Steam Company built New York's 1st Steam Plant to provide district steam heat for 1700 buildings in lower Manhattan.

Started, Mar 3, 1882

The New York Steam Company began providing service in lower Manhattan on March 3, 1882. By 1932, the company supplied steam to over 2,500 buildings from six steam plants, including its massive Kips Bay Station on the East River near Midtown Manhattan. It also had an agreement to obtain steam from the New York Edison Company's Waterside and Fourteenth Street electric power plants during periods of peak demand for steam, such as in the morning on days with cold temperatures.

Merged, Mar 8, 1954

The New York Steam Company merged with Consolidated Edison on March 8, 1954.

Factoids

Mar 3, 1882 -The company supplied steam to its first customer, the United Bank Building at 88-92 Broadway

Mar 3, 1882-The company supplied steam to its first customer, the United Bank Building at 88-92 Broadway. By December 1882, New York Steam boasted 62 customers. By 1886, the firm had 350 customers and five miles of mains, and began an expansion uptown. The system proved its reliability by operating throughout the deadly blizzard of March 11-14, 1888. T

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