![]() ![]() The oldest, opened in 1916 in Chester, now houses offices, a function hall and a training facility for the Philadelphia Union. The biggest and last of those generators, opened in 1925 in Port Richmond, remains abandoned and moldering. Windrim to project an image of stability and permanence for what was then still a new form of energy, but one for which demand was increasing exponentially. All three were designed by architect John T. This and all other renderings courtesy of the Battery or *Rivers Casino all photographs by AYS via the Batteryīack in the old days, before it built a couple of nuke plants, Philadelphia Electric Company (now PECO) produced most of its electricity at three large generating stations along the Delaware River built right around World War I. The massive redevelopment has turned the former Peco Delaware Generating Station into a mixed-use live/work/play/stay complex. Construction crews should by now be putting the finishing touches on the inside of the Battery in Fishtown, shown here in a rendering.
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