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   Gadsden Steam PlantElectric Utility

   Gadsden Steam Plant, located in Gadsden, Ala., about 60 miles northeast of Birmingham, is owned by Southern Company and...

   MoreGadsden Steam Plant, located in Gadsden, Ala., about 60 miles northeast of Birmingham, is owned by Southern Company and Alabama Power Company. The plant has two boilers at the plant. Units No.1 and No.2 are each 60 MWe tangentially-fired pulverized coal boilers manufactured by Combustion Engineering (CE) in 1949. The steam flows are each 600,000 pounds/hour at 850 psig and 900oF. They both have three elevations of burners situated at each of the four corners of the furnace. Both boilers have Raymond bowl mills. The units burn bituminous coal and both are equipped with electrostatic precipitators for particulate control. The units produce electricity and also generate steam for local industrial customers. The Gadsden Steam Plant would generate electricity in drought times when the Coosa River was low and hydroelectric generation not possible. Less

   Cross Streets: Between Hoke St and Litchfield Ave

   1000 Goodyear Ave Gadsden, AL 35903 445.06 mi

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