by dfasules » March 27, 2021, 4:03 pm
The last coal boat to deliver to the power plant at Port Washington, WI was the Herbert C Jackson on 06/26/2004. The following day the Jackson was open for tours.
This got me wondering when the first boat delivered coal to the plant. An American Society of Mechanical Engineers booklet on the Port Washington power plant (available online as a PDF file) shows a picture of an unidentified boat, with the caption, "First delivery of coal to Port Washington—Aug. 1, 1932."
However, the plant did not go into operation until Fall, 1935. Is it feasible that coal began to be stockpiled a full three years before the plant went into operation? Or might this be a typographical error?
Would anyone be able to confirm the date the first boat delivered coal to Port Washington? Or further, which boat it would have been? Thanks for any help with these questions.
David
Milwaukee, WI
The last coal boat to deliver to the power plant at Port Washington, WI was the Herbert C Jackson on 06/26/2004. The following day the Jackson was open for tours.
This got me wondering when the first boat delivered coal to the plant. An American Society of Mechanical Engineers booklet on the Port Washington power plant (available online as a PDF file) shows a picture of an unidentified boat, with the caption, "First delivery of coal to Port Washington—Aug. 1, 1932."
However, the plant did not go into operation until Fall, 1935. Is it feasible that coal began to be stockpiled a full three years before the plant went into operation? Or might this be a typographical error?
Would anyone be able to confirm the date the first boat delivered coal to Port Washington? Or further, which boat it would have been? Thanks for any help with these questions.
David
Milwaukee, WI