Posted February 12, 201213 yr This company supplies district energy to downtown Cleveland. This is the Hamilton Avenue plant.
February 12, 201213 yr Cleveland Thermal has two plants -- the Hamilton Avenue plant pictured above and the Canal Road plant next to the RTA tracks and The Q.... http://www.clevelandthermal.com/about/facilities "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 12, 201213 yr The Canal Road plant used to have three of those tall smokestacks, as you can see in the first two shots, both from a distance. 1979: 1985: 2007 from the Good Time III
February 13, 201213 yr Great shots, Rob. A careful inspection of the the 1979 and 1985 views shows how much has changed in the just the past 30 years. Amazing. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 13, 201213 yr Clicking on either of those two photos will take you to a fairly large set of photos from those years.
February 13, 201213 yr The shot from 1979, I am guessing was taken from the W. Superior bridge? If so, boy has that view changed!
February 13, 201213 yr Seeing Diamond Jim's Steak House is bittersweet. When they took two of the stacks down at the Canal Road plant, I always though of it as a middle finger firmly extended to the world
February 13, 201213 yr Too bad they didn't take down the outside stacks. Now it just says "We're #1!" "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 13, 201213 yr The shot from 1979, I am guessing was taken from the W. Superior bridge? If so, boy has that view changed! That's right. That was before they installed that stupid, obnoxious, view-blocking gridwork.
July 24, 20159 yr Cleveland Thermal sold. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/07/cleveland_thermal_switching_fr.html#incart_river Well this makes me very happy. I think. I say that because It sounds like the company officers will still be in place. But this polluting factory that sits within a stones throw of this city's Public Square, just adjacent to its sport complex's will eventually be shut down. This structure and company has always been a point of contention for me. Besides the release of toxic pollutants, was the total disregard of Cleveland Thermal to maintain their property in a responsible manner. It is a dump. The new company indicates the current plant will be mothballed and could be used as a site for a new 'chilled water' plant. So who knows at least the possibility of this property either being developed or the current building rehabilitated(something like the Powerhouse/Nautical) remains a possibility. It could bode well for the future of Scranton Peninsula. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/07/cleveland_thermal_switching_fr.html#incart_river
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